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wheelwright

1

[ hweel-rahyt, weel- ]

noun

  1. a person whose trade it is to make or repair wheels, wheeled wheel carriages, etc.


Wheelwright

2

[ hweel-rahyt, weel- ]

noun

  1. John, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
  2. John Brooks, 1897–1940, U.S. poet.

wheelwright

/ ˈ·É¾±Ë±ôËŒ°ù²¹Éª³Ù /

noun

  1. a person who makes or mends wheels as a trade
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wheelwright1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; wheel, wright
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A teenage girl is hoping to enter the male-dominated ranks of the wheelwrights - specialist craft workers who make wooden wheels.

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In addition to more than 60 vehicles on display — including buggies, sleighs and wagons — there is a one-room schoolhouse and a wheelwright/blacksmith shop that give visitors a glimpse into the past.

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There was also an MBE for Gregory Rowland, a master wheelwright in southwest England who helps keep an ancient craft alive — and repairs the queen’s royal carriages.

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The site overlooks a pond and includes a sawmill, wheelwright and blacksmith shop, along with a two-story house.

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Those up for auction were the field hands, carpenters, wheelwrights, plowmen, rice and cotton pickers, cooks, women, children, infants, lame, blind, aged, unsound, parents, lovers, and siblings.

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