| 单词 | thoroughbraced |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈthoroughbraced ˈthoroughbraced adj. (of a vehicle) having a body suspended by thoroughbraces (also of the body itself). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [adjective] > with specific fittings bailed1548 crane-necked1699 fallback1760 thoroughbraced1858 limbered1920 1858 N.Y. Herald 11 Nov. 1/2 Pope's new road..was full of stumps and bunches of weeds, which made it by no means pleasant riding in the thorough braced wagons. 1865 Harper's Mag. Nov. 700/1 Preference to be given to a thorough-braced ambulance of Concord manufacture. 1884 S. O. Jewett Country Doctor 19 The old-fashioned thorough-braced wagon. 1922 Cases Court of Claims U.S. 56 248 Substituting through-braced stage wagons for the spring wagons. 1959 Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) 6 Sept. (Orbit section) 16/1 Sometimes he took Luz for a whirl around the estate in baronial style, seated in a shiny thoroughbraced coach drawn by six matched bays. 1994 A. C. Greene 900 Miles on Butterfield Trail i. 18 The driver's seat..was also attached to the thoroughbraced body, allowing him an easier ride. < as lemmas |
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