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thoroughbraces

thoroughbraces is the plural of thoroughbrace.

Meaning of thoroughbrace

Noun

thoroughbrace (plural thoroughbraces)

  1. (dated, historical) 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)

Questions about thoroughbraces

What is thoroughbraces the plural of?
Thoroughbraces is the plural of thoroughbrace.

Words near thoroughbraces in the dictionary

  1. thorough-paced
  2. thorough-stitch
  3. thoroughbass
  4. thoroughbasses
  5. thoroughbrace
  6. thoroughbraces
  7. thoroughbred
  8. thoroughbredness
  9. thoroughbreds
  10. thoroughbreed
  11. thoroughbreeds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thoroughbraces (page history and authors); thoroughbrace (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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