wheelwright
IPA: wˈiɫraɪt
Root Word: Wheelwright
noun
- A comparatively rare English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made wooden wheels.
- A home rule-class city in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
- A village in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
- A person who builds and repairs wheels, especially wooden spoked ones.
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Examples of "wheelwright" in Sentences
- He was a wheelwright and a chair maker.
- He was a ship's carpenter and wheelwright.
- He later worked as a wheelwright apprentice.
- Daniel is pursuing the family trade as a wheelwright.
- At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a wheelwright.
- A skilled worker, known as a wheelwright, carried out this work.
- He appears to have worked as a wheelwright in and around Byberry.
- Richard Andrews was born the son of a wheelwright at Bishop's Sutton.
- The building and maintenance of cowls was generally the job of a wheelwright.
- Haydn's father was a wheelwright and Beethoven's a musician but not a composer.
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