The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cogwheel \Cog"wheel`\, n. A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cogwheel n 1: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion [syn: gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel]