wheelwright

name

1. A comparatively rare English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made wooden wheels.
2. A home rule-class city in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
3. A village in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English whelwryghte; equivalent to wheel + wright.

1. A person who builds and repairs wheels, especially wooden spoked ones.

   “Near-synonym: wheelsmith”

   “The wheels are the wright's distinguishing mark of his trade. It is the wheels that separate him off from the craft of carpenter: a wheelwright is equal to any job in the carpenter's craft but a carpenter cannot make a wheel [with commensurate quality and speed]. Percy Wilson [a wheelwright interviewed by the author] confessed that making the body of a Scotch cart—or of any vehicle for that matter—was a much simpler job than making the wheels […]”