coachworkn.
/ˈkəʊtʃwəːk/, U.S. /ˈkoʊtʃˌwərk/ 1.
a. The construction, maintenance, or repair of horse-drawn coaches or (in later use) railway carriages. Now historical.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > [noun] > wagon- or coach-making
coach-making1615
wagon-work1850
1725 Newcastle Courant 22 May 4/1 (advt.) All Sorts of Repairs in Coach-work, performed with good and well seasoned Wood, fit for that Purpose.
1769 Gaz. & London Daily Advertiser 13 Apr. Wanted, A Smith... His employ will be chiefly on Coach Work.
1886 T. C. Weeks 1st Biennial Rep. Bureau Industr. Statistics & Information Maryland 1884–5 50 Carriage, Coach and Wagonmakers... Some expert hands employed on coach work make $18 per week.
1919 Decisions Railway Boards of Adjustm. Nos. 2 & 3 (U.S. Railroad Admin.) 180 The shortage of coach work is only temporary;..some coaches will continue to come into the shop and be repaired by..these coach carpenters.
1982 B. Reed Crewe Locomotive Wks. & its Men ii. 26 The coaching shop..was given up only very gradually to the locomotive department, and some coach work was done there until the end of 1860 and possibly later.
b. The walls, floor, and other surfaces that form the body of a horse-drawn coach or railway carriage (obsolete). In later use: the bodywork or outer shell of a motor vehicle; cf. bodywork n. 1.In early use perhaps not as a fixed collocation.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork
auto body1904
bodywork1908
skin1921
shell1937
1769 St. James's Chron. 8 June (advt.) All Sorts of Cabinet and Coach Work neatly japanned and at the most reasonable Rates.
1880 Railway Rev. 438/3 Which is the most durable finish for inside coach work, a gloss finish or rubbed and oiled?
1922 Autocar 10 Nov. 973 The coachwork, which now tapers from bonnet to scuttle in an unbroken sweep.
a1963 in P. Drackett Motor Rallying (1963) App. 83 A car with convertible coachwork, running in a saloon or closed car class, must complete all tests with the hood erected.
2021 Robb Rep. (Nexis) 3 Nov. The cabriolet is also finished in a striking yellow hue that highlights the coachwork and signature curves.
2. Usually in form coach work. Work carried out by a horse or horses, involving pulling a coach or carriage. Now historical.
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1730 Daily Post 17 Nov. 2/1 (advt.) A Pair of fine Brown-bay Coach Geldings,..well season'd to Coach-work.
1829 J. Lawrence Horse xxiii. 152 Dixon's..is the chief market for horses out of coach work from the roads.
1905 A. S. Alexander Princ. & Pract. Horse-breeding (Univ. of Wisconsin Agric. Exper. Station Bull. No.127) 52 The Cleveland district in England was noted for a distinct breed of horses celebrated for long distance driving and coach work.
2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 25 June The whole exhibition is of horses in the service of men... Man..defines the purpose—racing, hunting, breeding, coach work, farm labour.
3. An establishment or premises where horse-drawn coaches or (in later use) railway carriages are made or repaired (now chiefly historical). Later also: a firm or workshop that makes or adapts the bodywork or outer shell of a motor vehicle (see sense 1b); (also occasionally more generally): a garage or workshop where repairs to the bodywork of vehicles are carried out. Now always in plural form coachworks (often with singular agreement).In later use frequently in the names of commercial companies.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > workshop > [noun] > other types of workshop
shopc1325
tavern1521
machine shop1827
fitting-shop1840
planing mill1844
body shop1845
job shop1851
farm shop1862
craft workshop1906
fixit shop1949
speed shop1954
chop shop1971
1773 Williamson's Directory Edinb. 1773–4 13 Crichton's coach-work, canongate.
1795 Manch. Mercury 28 Apr. 3/3 Carriages on sale, At Burnand and Chapman's, Coach Works.
1820 Scotsman 24 June 207/2 James Stirling..was porter to the George Street coach-work in Glasgow.
1870 Railroad Gaz. 12 Nov. 149/3 This splendid coach was constructed throughout at the coach works of the North Missouri Railroad.
1915 Autocar 21 Aug. 224 (caption) The car..is one of the latest Newton cars, with a four-five seated body,..built in the coachworks of the..firm.
1986 A. Douglas Last Rights iii. 25 The closure of a coachworks had decimated employment in the area.
1994 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 5 Aug. f2 The Cabrio begins life as a standard Golf III at the big VW plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. Then it's shipped off to the Karmann Coachworks in Osnabruck for convertibilization.
2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 2 Nov. After four weeks in the coachworks, where repairs cost..3,000 [pounds], I got the car back only for it to break down 24 hours later.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
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