rimmaking
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]rimmaking (uncountable)
- The manufacture of wheelrims.
- 1964, Steel, volume 155, page 98:
- Goodyear buys carbon steel in 300 ton lots for its regular rimmaking.
- 2003, Alfred Dupont Chandler, Strategy and Structure: Chapters in the History of the American Industrial Enterprise, page 351:
- Concentrating almost wholly on tires, they acquired more textile mills, steel- and rimmaking factories, rubber and cotton plantations, and extensive distributing facilities, including dealers and retail outlets, […]