wheel-carriagen.
/ˈwiːlˌkarɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wilˌkɛrɪdʒ/ 1. Carriage (carriage n. 14) or conveyance by wheeled vehicles.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > [noun] > by wheeled vehicle
wheel-carriage1733
wheeling1805
1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 30 Ashes or Soot..are seldom used, because they generally lie too distant for Wheel Carriage from London.
1765 Museum Rusticum 4 247 Where the country proves clay, marl, or rich or spungy soil,..and yet much wheel-carriage necessary, and no turnpike.
2. A carriage (carriage n. 2) moving on wheels, a wheeled vehicle; also as a part of a machine (carriage n. 6).
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun]
carriagea1450
wheel-carriage1733
wheeler1886
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > carriage
carriage1659
wheel-carriage1845
roller slide1907
1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 319 Its fore-part lying on the Stock of the Wheel-Carriage as the Fallow~plough does.
1756 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 369 The only gap of the Alleghany at present made passable for wheel-carriages.
1845 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 4th Ser. 123 The wheel-carriage on which the roller rests is then wheeled onward.
1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 304 The roads..that led from town to town were barely passable to wheel~carriages.
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