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- noun Plural form of
wheeler . - noun the two horses closest to the carriage of a team of four.
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Examples
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The incline cuts down the output of the wheelers or in other words makes necessary a larger gang to handle the same amount of material.
Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Halbert Powers Gillette
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Renaults stake in a joint venture and new 2-wheelers, which is now a loss-making business.
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Near the crest of a hill, one of the "wheelers" of the horse battery was shot.
Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Bennet Burleigh
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The evidence of Lee, the post-boy, who rode one of the "wheelers" to the fight, showed that the Marquis of Waterford's carriage was there, but he did not see the Marquis.
Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Alfred Kingston
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But the "wheelers" were too tired to make the effort, so Emerson went forward and performed the task for them, while Fraser floundered back and sank to a sitting posture on the sled.
The Silver Horde Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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Dr. Edkins and myself enjoyed the services of two of those descendants, who acted as 'wheelers' in the wheelbarrows which conveyed us from Ch'u-fau to a town on the Grand Canal more than 250 miles off.
The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1 James Legge 1856
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Two horses were made fast to the disselboom as "wheelers;" two others to the trektow cut to the proper length; and the fifth horse was placed in front as a leader.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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Two horses were made fast to the disselboom as "wheelers;" two others to the trektow cut to the proper length; and the fifth horse was placed in front as a leader.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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"wheelers" to the disselboom, or tongue, of the trek wagon.
Real Soldiers of Fortune Richard Harding Davis 1890
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Rajiv Bajaj said the company expects to sell 400,000 three-wheelers this financial year and half a million units next year.
Bajaj Auto Net Profit Rises 40% Anirban Chowdhury 2011
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