upwheel

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ wheel.

Verb

upwheel (third-person singular simple present upwheels, present participle upwheeling, simple past and past participle upwheeled)

1. (intransitive, poetic) To wheel upward.
   • 1886, John Lancaster Spalding, The Poet's Praise, page 78:

     Like a loud trump of war, breaks forth thy song, / O Milton, where angelic hosts upwheel / To battle; or like deep-voiced organ peal / Filling with awe the mute adoring throng.