walking wheel
/ˈwɔːkɪŋ ˌwiːl/noun
1An instrument consisting of a wheel with a handle by which it may be rolled along the ground to measure distances on foot; a measuring wheel.
2A large vertical wheel which is turned by people or animals walking on the inner or outer rim, used as a source of mechanical power; a treadwheel. Compare treadmill. Now historical.
Origin
Early 18th century. From walking + wheel.
- (there is) no time like the present
- there is only one thing for it
- there is something in ——
- there it is
- theremin
- thereof
- thereon
- there or thereabouts
- thereout
- there's
- Theresa
- Theresa, Mother
- there's honour among thieves
- there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
- there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip
- there's more than one way to skin a cat
- there's more to someone (or something) than meets the eye
- there's no accounting for tastes (or taste)
- there's no fool like an old fool
- there's no law against it
- there's none so blind as those who will not see
- there's no (or little or not much) love lost between
- there's no such thing as a free lunch
- there's one (or a sucker) born every minute
- there's (or that's) —— for you