fore-carriage

Above and around these two delicate heads, all made of happiness and steeped in light, the gigantic fore-carriage, black with rust, almost terrible, all entangled in curves and wild angles, rose in a vault, like the entrance of a cavern.

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Artillery-men were pushing the piece; it was in firing trim; the fore-carriage had been detached; two upheld the gun-carriage, four were at the wheels; others followed with the caisson.

Les Miserables 2008

It was the fore-carriage of one of those trucks which are used in wooded tracts of country, and which serve to transport thick planks and the trunks of trees.

Les Miserables 2008

This fore-carriage was composed of a massive iron axle-tree with a pivot, into which was fitted a heavy shaft, and which was supported by two huge wheels.

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Why was that fore-carriage of a truck in that place in the street?

Les Miserables 2008

The fore-carriage of the engine is fitted with a pole, and is made to suit the harness of coach-horses, these being, in large towns, more easily procured than other draught cattle; this can be altered, however, to suit such harness as can most readily be obtained.

Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction James Braidwood

This is done by putting an iron pin through a piece of wood attached to the cistern, into the fore-carriage.

Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction James Braidwood

When the engine has been properly placed, before beginning to work the fore-carriage should be locked.

Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction James Braidwood

Immediately on the call being given to attach the hose, the sergeant locks the fore-carriage of the engine, and unlocks the levers.

Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction James Braidwood

Why was that fore-carriage of a truck in that place in the street?

Les Miserables, Volume I, Fantine 1862