Thoroughbrace

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A leather strap supporting the body of a coach or wagon, attached to springs or serving as a spring itself. dated, historical

    "Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died."

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stage coach

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"Spring, tire, axle, and linchpin too, Steel of the finest, bright and blue; Thoroughbrace bison-skin, thick and wide; Boot, top, dasher, from tough old hide Found in the pit when the tanner died."

Etymology

From thorough + brace.

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