The central part or block of a (usually spoked) wheel, into which the end of the axle is inserted, and from which the spokes radiate; a hub.

The nave of a wheel.

the stock of a wooden axle, forming the hub of a wheel.

The hub or central part of a wheel. Cf. nave, n.1 Obsolete.

= nave stock n. at nave, n.1 compounds.

The ‘hub’ of a wheel.

The central solid part of a wheel from which the spokes radiate, and which rotates on (or with) the axle; the nave.

(a) the nave of a wheel, or timber to be used for this; (b) wood materials for wheel-making.

(a) the nave or central part of a wheel; (b) ‘the headstock of a spinning-mule’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.); (c) ‘the lathe-head of a seal-engraver's engine’…