spoke

One of the rods or braces connecting the hub and rim of a wheel.

One of the handles projecting from the rim of a ship’s steering wheel.

A rod or stick that may be inserted into a wheel to prevent it from turning.

A rung of a ladder.

To equip with spokes.

To impede (a wheel) by inserting a rod.

To fit or furnish with spokes: as, to spoke a wheel.

Preterit and obsolete past participle of speak.