Wheelcraft

Quick meaning: Wheelcraft is a noun meaning The art or skill of making and repairing wheels, or of riding on wheels.

Meaning

The art or skill of making and repairing wheels, or of riding on wheels.

Example Sentences

"How did you happen to fall?" I asked — not that I needed to inquire, for my own knowledge of wheelcraft assured me that she had tumbled simply because she did not know how to ride.

Perhaps the Darlaston company's spoked disc wheel is the one item which invites particular attention first, for it certainly represents good wheelcraft where strength without clumsiness is desired.

The vehicles which they provided on such occasions for land carriage were curiosities of wheelcraft—I speak of the Jersey wagons. The old-fashioned Jersey wagon has, years ago, given place to more showy and flexible vehicles […]

[…] some households acquired bullock-carts which required a better breed of bullocks than were locally available, better wheelcraft than the village blacksmith-cum-carpenter could provide, iron rims for the wheels, and so on […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wheelmaking, wheelwork, wheelwright, wheeling, wheelwrighting, wheelery.

Related Dictionary Tools