thoroughbrace

noun

Etymology

From thorough + brace.

  1. derived from bracchia
  2. derived from brace
  3. inherited from brace
  4. compounded as thoroughbrace — “thorough + brace

Definitions

  1. A leather strap supporting the body of a coach or wagon, attached to springs or serving…

    A leather strap supporting the body of a coach or wagon, attached to springs or serving as a spring itself.

    • Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for thoroughbrace. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA