wheelwright
noun
a person whose trade it is to make or repair wheels carriages, etc.
Jump To:
-
wheelwright
-
Wheelwright
WheelwrightnounJohn, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
wheelwright
1 American
[hweel-rahyt, weel-]
/ ˈʰwilˌraɪt, ˈwil- /
noun
Wheelwright
2
American
[hweel-rahyt, weel-]
/ ˈʰwilˌraɪt, ˈwil- /
noun
-
John, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
-
John Brooks, 1897–1940, U.S. poet.
wheelwright
British
/ ˈwiːlˌraɪt /
noun
Etymology
Origin of wheelwright
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at wheel, wright
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
"Being a wheelwright is more like hands work, rather than being in a classroom so I enjoy that more," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
There was also an MBE for Gregory Rowland, a master wheelwright in southwest England who helps keep an ancient craft alive — and repairs the queen’s royal carriages.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
The site overlooks a pond and includes a sawmill, wheelwright and blacksmith shop, along with a two-story house.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2021
The company, started by a wheelwright and a coachbuilder, began making stagecoaches in Concord in 1826 and eventually dominated the high-end trade for horse-pulled transportation.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 26, 2019
A wheelwright and his helper squat in their dark room hammering spokes into a hub.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
“People feel cared for, they feel thought of,” Wheelwright said of the feedback they have received from those inside prisons.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2022
Twenty-five miles northeast of Boym’s weekend home, in the hamlet of Elizaville, New York, Peter Matthiessen Wheelwright was finding it necessary to finish his second novel.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
The bride is a direct descendant of John Wheelwright, a Puritan who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637 and in the following year founded Exeter, N.H.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2018
Fifty years later Laetitia Wheelwright was still recalling Emily matter of factly: “I simply disliked her from the first.”
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2018
Sonada and Wheelwright were trailing nearly ten lengths back.
From History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 by John Lawrence O'Connor
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
