Meaning

The seat for the driver that sits above the wheels in a wagon that is drawn by draft animals such as horses or oxen..

Definitions by Sense

1. The seat for the driver that sits above the wheels in a wagon that is drawn by draft animals such as horses or oxen.
2. A manually propelled, wheeled mobility device in which the user lies down. The user pushes the wheels with the hands in a similar way to propelling a wheelchair or, alternatively, a second person pulls or pushes it by the handles.

Example Sentences

This object we accomplish by the use of the mechanism illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the wheelbench and the tank.

The wheelbench was tied to the "necking stick," or yoke of the oxen.

Perhaps there was some man thousands ago in the desert at night the dogs coyotes hyennas ate walking around in a nimbus now he developed an instinct for light bulbs i call him satan after the wagon wheelbench ....

Wheelchairs are used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness (physiological or physical), injury, or disability. People with both sitting and walking disability often need to use a wheelbench.

For purposes of this chapter, a mobility device is a manual wheelchair, power wheelchair, power-operated vehicle (scooter), or wheelbench (a device, similar in function to a wheelchair, that is used by a person in a recumbent position).

People who have difficulty sitting and walking often make use of a wheelbench.

Word Forms

• wheelbenches

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When Should You Use Wheelbench?

Use wheelbench when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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