"wheelcraft" meaning in All languages combined

See wheelcraft on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: From wheel + -craft. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wheel|craft}} wheel + -craft Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wheelcraft (uncountable)
  1. The art or skill of making and repairing wheels, or of riding on wheels. Tags: uncountable
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          "ref": "1876, William W. Fowler, Women on the American Frontier, page 155:",
          "text": "The vehicles which they provided on such occasions for land carriage were curiosities of wheelcraft—I speak of the Jersey wagons. The old-fashioned Jersey wagon has, years ago, given place to more showy and flexible vehicles […]",
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          "ref": "1986, Arvind N. Das, The Longue Duree, page 24:",
          "text": "[…] some households acquired bullock-carts which required a better breed of bullocks than were locally available, better wheelcraft than the village blacksmith-cum-carpenter could provide, iron rims for the wheels, and so on […]",
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