driving boxn.

Brit.

/ˈdrʌɪvɪŋ bɒks/, U.S.

/ˈdraɪvɪŋ ˌbɑks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: driving n., box n.²

Etymology: < driving n. + box n.²

1. The seat on which the driver of a horse-drawn carriage sits. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > seat > driver's seat

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driving box1778

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1778 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 20 Jan. Leather wheel-boxes, by which the noise common to iron ones is avoided; travelling budgets, containing a driving box complete.

1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 163 The driving box..made for the half top of the seat of a chaise.

1843 N. P. Willis in Graham's Mag. Oct. 30/2 He had Miss Onthank to himself on the driving box, and could talk to his horses in the embarrassing pauses.

1998 K. Reimann Tremor in Bitter Earth xviii. 316 ‘Try the right side of the road!’ Someone shrilled from the driving box, loud enough that his words could be heard in the carriage.

2. Chiefly North American. Mechanics. The journal box (cf. box n.² 7b) of a driving axle of a locomotive.

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1853 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 16 July 458/3 The ends of the horizontal arms of these levers lie directly upon the driving boxes so that the traction of the train is brought directly upon the boxes.

1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 49/1 Paddle wheel, narrow-gage locomotive with driving boxes outside of the wheels.

2019 J. Frost Backyard Railroader 282 The bearings for the driving wheel sets of a steam locomotive are mounted in driving boxes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	driving box
释义	driving boxn. Brit. /ˈdrʌɪvɪŋ bɒks/, U.S. /ˈdraɪvɪŋ ˌbɑks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: driving n., box n.² Etymology: < driving n. + box n.² 1. The seat on which the driver of a horse-drawn carriage sits. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > seat > driver's seat coach-coffer1607 box1625 coach-box1651 box seat1771 driving box1778 dicky1801 dicky box1801 cab box1840 1778 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 20 Jan. Leather wheel-boxes, by which the noise common to iron ones is avoided; travelling budgets, containing a driving box complete. 1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 163 The driving box..made for the half top of the seat of a chaise. 1843 N. P. Willis in Graham's Mag. Oct. 30/2 He had Miss Onthank to himself on the driving box, and could talk to his horses in the embarrassing pauses. 1998 K. Reimann Tremor in Bitter Earth xviii. 316 ‘Try the right side of the road!’ Someone shrilled from the driving box, loud enough that his words could be heard in the carriage. 2. Chiefly North American. Mechanics. The journal box (cf. box n.² 7b) of a driving axle of a locomotive. ΚΠ 1853 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 16 July 458/3 The ends of the horizontal arms of these levers lie directly upon the driving boxes so that the traction of the train is brought directly upon the boxes. 1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 49/1 Paddle wheel, narrow-gage locomotive with driving boxes outside of the wheels. 2019 J. Frost Backyard Railroader 282 The bearings for the driving wheel sets of a steam locomotive are mounted in driving boxes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1778
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