cee springc-springn.
Carriage-building. A spring, shaped like the letter C, used to support the body of a carriage.
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cee spring1794
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tension spring1877
dumb-iron1907
1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 89 Named according to their shape..the S, the C, the..grasshopper spring.
1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1525 The springs..differ not from the present fashionable C spring.
1878 A. Edwardes Jet xiii. 568 Her ambition is bounded by a brougham on C springs.
1884 Times 30 Oct. (advt.) 13/5 An elegant light patent landau, brougham, patent cee-spring Princess Victoria and mail phaeton.
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