Wheelwright's Terms

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A GLOSSARY OF HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLE AND WHEELWRIGHT TERMS (U - Z)

Under-carriage. Another name for the carriage (q.v.)

Urtcher plate. A loose iron washer at the shoulder of an axle tree (q.v.) arm.

Viller. A rare West Country name for a felloe (q.v.)

Waggonage. Money paid for carriage in a waggon.

Warner wheel. An American invention using a hub cage (q.v.) to provide additional support to the wheel spokes. Variations of the Warner wheel were the "Sweet" and "Sarven" designed by inventors with these names.

Web(s). The space(s) left between the spoke mortices in a wheel.

Wells. Fitted trunks (q.v.) hung on each side of a carriage perch.

Wheel box. The axle bearing in the hub (q.v.).

Wheel horse. The clamp into which the wheel is clamped during construction.

Wheel pit. The pit over which the wheel horse is placed to accept the bottom part of the wheel during construction.

Wheeler’s side. A tool used for removing surplus wood quickly during the initial stages of wheel and body making.

Wheeler. The horse, or horses, nearest to the vehicle.

Wheelplate. The top bearing of the fifth wheel (q.v.)

Wheelwright. A woodworker engaged in the making of wheels and the heavier type of horse drawn vehicle

Whippletree. See Swingletree.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: WHEELWRIGHTS TERMS AND VEHICLES

American Horse-drawn Vehicles                                                   Jack D. Rittenhouse
Carriage Terminology: An Historical Dictionary                               Don A. Berkebile
Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary 1909
The Coaching Life                                                                     Harry Hanson
Coach Building 1897                                                                  John Philipson
A Dictionary of Horse-drawn Vehicles                                            D. J. M. Smith
Discovering Carts and Wagons                                                    John Vince
Discovering Horse-drawn Commercial Vehicles                               D. J. Smith
Discovering Horse-drawn Vehicles                                                D. J. Smith
Driving                                                                                     Clive Richardson
The Elegant Carriage                                                                 Marylian Whitney
A Glossary of Wood                                                                   Thomas Corkhill
Horse-drawn Carriages                                                               John Thompson
Horse-drawn Carriage Construction                                              John Thompson
Horse-drawn Heavy goods Vehicles                                              John Thompson
Horse-drawn Farm Implements Part I – Ploughs                            John Thompson
Horse-drawn Farm Implements Part IV- Harvesting                        John Thompson
Horse-drawn Farm Vehicles                                                          John Thompson
Horse-drawn Trade Vehicles                                                        John Thompson
Horse-drawn Vehicles since 1760                                                 Arthur Ingram
Making Model Horse-drawn Carriages                                           John Thompson
Making Model Carriages     1934
Practical Carriage BuildingVol I & Vol II                                          M. T. Richardson
Quicksilver: A Hundred Years of Coach                                          Thomas Ashby
Saddlery & Harness Making                                                          Paul N. Hasluck
Wagon, Chariot & Carriage                                                           Piggott
Walkers Pronouncing Dictionary 1881
The Wheelwrights Shop                                                               George Sturt
The Wheelwrights Trade                                                              John Thompson
Wheelwrights Glossary of Workshop Terms & Definitions                  R. S. Beardow

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