thoroughbraces

Yankee land -- red, picked out with yellow; high, narrow, iron steps; broad thoroughbraces; wide seats; all jingle, tip, tilt, and rock, from one end of the road to the other.

Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens

Groton was a covered wagon, hung on chains for thoroughbraces: perhaps it was the "Charlestown Carriage," mentioned in the advertisement.

The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Various

But the conductor was wiser than we, and said a bed was better than seats, and moreover, this plan would protect his thoroughbraces.

Roughing It, Part 1. Mark Twain 1872

But the conductor was wiser than we, and said a bed was better than seats, and moreover, this plan would protect his thoroughbraces.

Roughing It Mark Twain 1872

But the conductor was wiser than we, and said a bed was better than seats, and moreover, this plan would protect his thoroughbraces.

Roughing It 1871

The old-line coach was a grand swinging and swaying vehicle, an imposing cradle on wheels, and hung on thoroughbraces instead of springs.

The Great Salt Lake Trail Henry Inman 1868

Drawn by six horses, the Concord’s chief innovation was its flexible leather thoroughbraces, a pair of stiff, three-inch-thick leather strips that acted as primitive shock absorbers and produced the coach’s characteristic rocking motion.

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

Drawn by six horses, the Concord’s chief innovation was its flexible leather thoroughbraces, a pair of stiff, three-inch-thick leather strips that acted as primitive shock absorbers and produced the coach’s characteristic rocking motion.

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010