wheelwright

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a craftsperson who builds and repairs wheels, especially traditional wooden spoked wheels

   The wheelwright fitted an iron tire around the newly built wooden wheel.

Simplified etymology

Wheelwright, recorded in Middle English, means a maker of wheels. Its second element, wright, means “maker” and is closely related to work.

From Middle English whelwryghte, a compound of wheel + wright. Wright descends from Old English wyrhta, 'worker or maker,' and survives chiefly in craft names such as shipwright and wheelwright. The compound therefore means 'wheel maker' and traditionally names a specialist in wooden spoked wheels.

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