thoroughbrace
thoroughbrace noun: a leather strap supporting the body of a coach or wagon, attached to springs or serving as a spring itself.
Noun
thoroughbrace (plural thoroughbraces)
- A leather strap supporting the body of a coach or wagon, attached to springs or serving as a spring itself.
- Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too,
Steel of the finest, bright and blue;
Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide;
Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide
Found in the pit when the tanner died.1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Deacon's Masterpiece (poem) - The wagon-bed is supported by iron bands or perpendiculars abutting upon wooden rockers, which rest on strong leather thoroughbraces: these are found to break the jolt better than the best steel springs, which, moreover, when injured, can not readily be repaired.1862, Richard Francis Burton, The City of the Saints, Chapter 1
- Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too,
Forms of thoroughbrace
| plural | thoroughbraces |
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Origin of thoroughbrace
From thorough + brace.
Questions about thoroughbrace
- What does thoroughbrace mean?
- Thoroughbrace means a leather strap supporting the body of a coach or wagon, attached to springs or serving as a spring itself.
- What part of speech is thoroughbrace?
- Thoroughbrace is a noun.
- What is the plural of thoroughbrace?
- The plural of thoroughbrace is thoroughbraces.
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