spring-seat

Sitting hunched over on the spring-seat of a big farm wagon, clad in overalls and a print shirt, with a wide hat tilted against the sun and a cigarette dangling from his lips, he was indistinguishable from any other _paisano_ on the road.

The Blood of the Conquerors Harvey Fergusson

John came and talked to Luther, mounting the spring-seat at his side to ride to the field, but did not look at Elizabeth, though she looked at him longingly and everything in her cried out for reconciliation and openness.

The Wind Before the Dawn Dell H. Munger

At the bottom of the hill he saw a driver on the spring-seat of a round-up wagon urging two lean-necked and narrow-chested horses up the hill.

'Me--Smith' Caroline Lockhart 1916

The high spring-seat was the only one, so Barbara had to sit there.

Polly of Pebbly Pit Lillian Elizabeth Roy 1900

The cumbersome ranch-wagon, with its high spring-seat, was drawn up beside a telegraph pole to which the skittish young horses had been securely tied.

Polly of Pebbly Pit Lillian Elizabeth Roy 1900

Her hair was ruffled, her cheeks were red, with the wind she had faced for two hours on the spring-seat of her father's "dead axe" wagon.

In Exile and Other Stories Mary Hallock Foote 1892

Perched high on a spring-seat, I made the journey and saw more sights and wonders than I have ever seen on a journey since.”

Our Friend John Burroughs Barrus, Clara, 1864-1931 1914