wheelwright

¹

[ hweel-rahyt, weel- ]

noun

1. a person whose trade it is to make or repair wheels, wheeled wheel carriages, etc.

Wheelwright

²

[ hweel-rahyt, weel- ]

noun

1. John, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
2. John Brooks, 1897–1940, U.S. poet.

wheelwright

/ ˈwiːlˌraɪt /

noun

1. a person who makes or mends wheels as a trade

Word History and Origins

Origin of wheelwright¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; wheel, wright

Example Sentences

In Cuba’s capital, the former wheelwright “saw the small embankment on the bay there, where the people sat under the palms, enjoying the breezes.”

From MIT Technology Review

The wheelwright fells trees "with the gleaming iron," iron being a synonym for axe and for knife.

From Project Gutenberg

At the supper table he was given the seat of honor, Mrs. Wheelwright being on his right and Stella on his left.

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Almost covered by the wood stores of a wheelwright is a doorway with carved spandrils, and a label ending in sculptured heads.

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Dolly Winthrop, the wife of the jolly wheelwright who makes one of the company at the "Rainbow," is no less admirable.

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There was a shoemaker—two of them—a tailor or two, a blacksmith, a wheelwright.

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