thoroughbred

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Every other day the stage-coach comes into Ashfield from the north, on the Hartford turnpike, and rumbles through the main street of the town, seesawing upon its leathern thoroughbraces.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various

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

From The Great Salt Lake Trail by Inman, Henry

It has been said that the first public conveyance between Boston and Groton was a covered wagon, hung on chains for thoroughbraces: perhaps it was the "Charlestown Carriage," mentioned in the advertisement.

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

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

From Roughing It, Part 1. by Twain, Mark