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wheelcraft

wheelcraft noun: the art or skill of making and repairing wheels, or of riding on wheels.

Noun

wheelcraft (uncountable)

  1. The art or skill of making and repairing wheels, or of riding on wheels.
    • The vehicles which they provided on such occasions for land carriage were curiosities of wheelcraft—I speak of the Jersey wagons. The old-fashioned Jersey wagon has, years ago, given place to more showy and flexible vehicles […]1876, William W. Fowler, Women on the American Frontier, page 155
    • "How did you happen to fall?" I asked — not that I needed to inquire, for my own knowledge of wheelcraft assured me that she had tumbled simply because she did not know how to ride.1900, Frank R. Stockton, A Bicycle of Cathay

Origin of wheelcraft

From wheel + -craft.

Questions about wheelcraft

What does wheelcraft mean?
Wheelcraft means the art or skill of making and repairing wheels, or of riding on wheels.
What part of speech is wheelcraft?
Wheelcraft is a noun.

Words near wheelcraft in the dictionary

  1. wheelchairbound
  2. wheelchaired
  3. wheelchairing
  4. wheelchairs
  5. wheelclamping
  6. wheelcraft
  7. Wheeldon
  8. Wheeldons
  9. wheeled
  10. wheeled about
  11. wheeled and dealed

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