wagon-wheels

There are made of it pulleys, rails, and wagon-wheels, much more solid than metal wheels, and far lighter.

Robur the Conqueror 2003

And he said, "If you cut off sections of that limb and drill a hole in it," he said, "it'll make the best wagon-wheels you've ever had!"

Oral History Interview with Sam Parker, December 5, 2000. Interview K-0252. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) 2000

It was at one of these halts, as the men struggled to pry one of the wagon-wheels from between two rocks where it had gotten stuck, that the seemingly harmless landscape revealed another of its perils.

If I Pay Thee Not In Gold Lackey, Mercedes 1993

The going was a lot harder than it looked; the wagons were not built for this kind of uneven ground, and there were places beneath the sand where wagon-wheels lodged without warning.

If I Pay Thee Not In Gold Lackey, Mercedes 1993

The push and urgent drive were habits Sean had acquired on the Rand when every minute was vital and the loss of a day was a disaster. leisurely turning of wagon-wheels.

When the Lion Feeds Smith, Wilbur 1964

Sometimes Picton mounted his pyramid of trunk-leather for a mile or so of nods; sometimes I essayed the high perch, and holding on by a cord, dropped off in a moment's forgetfulness, with the constant fear of waking up in a mud-hole, or under the wagon-wheels.

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

The mud was almost up to the hubs of the wagon-wheels; the horses pulled, the drivers laid on the lash and

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Various

The wagon-wheels alternately grind through the sand and bump into deep puddles in the marsh.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various

You could hear the wagon-wheels rattling away long after he turned the corner.

Half-Past Seven Stories Robert Gordon Anderson

This remark, made without the slightest personal intention, called a curious smile into Mrs. Scudder's face, which was reflected in a slight blush from Mary's, when the crack of a whip and the rattling of wagon-wheels disturbed the conversation and drew all eyes to the door.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 Various