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Definition of Thoroughbraces
1. thoroughbrace [n] - See also: thoroughbrace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoroughbraces
Literary usage of Thoroughbraces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roughing it by Mark Twain (1913)
"But the conductor was wiser than we, and said a bed was better than seats, and,
moreover, this plan would protect his thoroughbraces. ..."
2. The New England Magazine by Making of America Project (1884)
"It has been said that the first public conveyance between Boston and Groton was
a covered wagon, hung on chains for thoroughbraces : perhaps it was the ..."
3. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1900)
"... hung on thoroughbraces. which lurched over a rough road like a ship in a seaway.
They contained three seats with leather cushions Behind the middle seat ..."
4. Historic Mansions and Highways Around Boston: Being a New and Rev. Ed. of by Samuel Adams Drake (1900)
"Then there was the mail-coach, — a puffy, groaning vehicle, bulging out at the
top and sides, and hung on thoroughbraces. Ou a rough road it lurched like a ..."
5. Among Old New England Inns by Mary Caroline Crawford (1907)
"1 The first public conveyance between Boston and Groton was a covered wagon hung
on chains for thoroughbraces. The transportation price was two dollars for ..."
6. History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire by Moses Thurston Runnels (1882)
"... wooden axle-trees, with a hole for the tongue, anil linchpins instead ot' nuts.
Irou axle-trees next саше into use ; then leather thoroughbraces ; and ..."
7. The American Monthly Magazine by Daughters of the American Revolution (1898)
"The body of the volante is suspended on leathern thoroughbraces like a stage coach.
Long shafts of elastic wood connects with the horse. ..."
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