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cee spring, c-spring
Coach-building. A spring, shaped like the letter C, used to support the body of a carriage.
1794W. Felton Carriages (1801) I. 72 Named according to their shape..the S, the C, the..grasshopper spring. 1825Hone Every-day Bk. I. 1525 The springs..differ not from the present fashionable C spring. 1878A. Edwardes Jet xiii. 568 Her ambition is bounded by a brougham on C springs. 1884Times 30 Oct. (Advt.) 13/5 An elegant light patent landau, brougham, patent cee-spring Princess Victoria and mail phaeton. |