单词 | carriage wheel |
释义 | > as lemmascarriage wheel a. As a modifier, designating parts of a carriage, as in carriage door, carriage frame, carriage wheel, carriage window, etc. ΚΠ 1642 J. C. Castrametation xiv. 26 2 Carriage wheeles. 1773 W. Emerson Princ. Mech. (ed. 3) 283 Stroaks or straiks, the iron going round the circumference of carriage wheels. 1791 Swinney's Birmingham & Stafford Chron. 21 July He..put his head out of the carriage window, and requested they would let him pass. 1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges vi. 174 A very good substitute for a capstan may be formed of a carriage wheel. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. iv. 37 Pull up your carriage-blinds. 1839 Mechanics' Mag. 7 Dec. 162/2 The hinder cross bar of the carriage frame, under which the axletree d turns. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 23 Dec. 6/3 He who came a moment after eleven-thirty stood very small chance of getting anywhere near the carriage door. 1937 H. Jennings et al. May 12th Mass-observ. Day-surveys (1987) ii. 141 Baldwin who has his head dogwise over the ledge of the carriage window and his tongue out, gets the biggest cheer. 1998 Carriage Driving Aug. 18/1 They didn't want the show to go ahead—horse boxes, hooves and carriage wheels not being conducive to smooth green sward. 2015 P. Hawkins Girl on Train 12 My head leaning against the carriage window, I watch these houses roll past me like a tracking shot in a film. < as lemmas |
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