wheelwright en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English whelwryghte; equivalent to wheel + wright.
Meanings
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(historical) A person who builds and repairs wheels, especially wooden spoked ones.
The wheels are the wright's distinguishing mark of his trade. It is the wheels that separate him off from the craft of carpenter: a wheelwright is equal to any job in the carpenter's craft but a carpenter cannot make a wheel [with commensurate quality and speed]. Percy Wilson [a wheelwright interviewed by the author] confessed that making the body of a Scotch cart—or of any vehicle for that matter—was a much simpler job than making the wheels […]
1971, George Ewart Evans, Tools of Their Trades: An Oral History of Men at Work c. 1900, Taplinger Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 32:Near-synonym: wheelsmith
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wheelwrights | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Relateds
wheelwrighting · wagon wheel · artillery wheel · wainwright · cartwheel · wagonwright · wheelmaking · cartwright
Synonyms
Translations (66)
el αμαξουργός (person who builds and repairs wheels) · hsb kołodźej (person who builds and repairs wheels) · nrf charron (person who builds and repairs wheels) · scn carritteri (person who builds and repairs wheels) · el τροχοτεχνίτης (person who builds and repairs wheels) · be колавы майстар (person who builds and repairs wheels) · ro caretaș (person who builds and repairs wheels) · izh ratasmaasteri (person who builds and repairs wheels) · ja 車大工 (person who builds and repairs wheels) · eo ĉarfarado (person who builds and repairs wheels) · sh kolesar (person who builds and repairs wheels) · csb kòłodzéj (person who builds and repairs wheels) · az təkərçi (person who builds and repairs wheels) · la rotārius (person who builds and repairs wheels) · et ratassepp (person who builds and repairs wheels) · wym roder (person who builds and repairs wheels) · gd rothadair (person who builds and repairs wheels) · af wielmaker (person who builds and repairs wheels) · ru колёсный ма́стер (person who builds and repairs wheels) · de Stellmacher (person who builds and repairs wheels) · hu kerékgyártó (person who builds and repairs wheels) · gd saor-chuidhleachan (person who builds and repairs wheels) · fi pyöräseppä (person who builds and repairs wheels) · wym kołodźej (person who builds and repairs wheels) · grc κυκλεύς (person who builds and repairs wheels) · de Radmacher (person who builds and repairs wheels) · sh kolar (person who builds and repairs wheels) · ro rotar (person who builds and repairs wheels) · sv hjulmakare (person who builds and repairs wheels) · lt račius (person who builds and repairs wheels) · lv ratnieks (person who builds and repairs wheels) · eo veturilfarado (person who builds and repairs wheels) · ru коле́сник (person who builds and repairs wheels) · sa सूत (person who builds and repairs wheels) · ca ruedero (person who builds and repairs wheels) · lb Woner (person who builds and repairs wheels) · vo vabel (person who builds and repairs wheels) · de Wagner (person who builds and repairs wheels) · da hjulmager (person who builds and repairs wheels) · es ruedero (person who builds and repairs wheels) · el τροχοποιός (person who builds and repairs wheels) · nl wielmaker (person who builds and repairs wheels) · sk kolár (person who builds and repairs wheels) · uk сте́льмах (person who builds and repairs wheels) · it carradore (person who builds and repairs wheels) · uk колоді́й (person who builds and repairs wheels) · it carrettaio (person who builds and repairs wheels) · sq karrondreqës (person who builds and repairs wheels) · uk колісни́к (person who builds and repairs wheels) · pl kołodziej (person who builds and repairs wheels) · gmy 𐀓𐀐𐀩𐀄 (person who builds and repairs wheels) · dsb kołoźej (person who builds and repairs wheels) · gd roithlear (person who builds and repairs wheels) · hu bognár (person who builds and repairs wheels) · cy saer troliau (person who builds and repairs wheels) · la rotāria (person who builds and repairs wheels) · wym rodmaher (person who builds and repairs wheels) · nb hjulmaker (person who builds and repairs wheels) · nl wagenmaker (person who builds and repairs wheels) · ga rothadóir (person who builds and repairs wheels) · bg майстор каруцар (person who builds and repairs wheels) · sl kolár (person who builds and repairs wheels) · el ροδάς (person who builds and repairs wheels) · fr charron (person who builds and repairs wheels) · fi vaunuseppä (person who builds and repairs wheels) · cs kolář (person who builds and repairs wheels)