blacksmiths' tools. Siege artillery limbers, unlike field artillery limbers, did not have an ammunition chest. Siege artillery limbers resembled their predecessors:...
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foundation, also called a caisson foundation Limbers and caissons, a two-wheeled cart for carrying ammunition, also used in certain state and military funerals...
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Horse-drawn vehicle (redirect from Horse and cart)
Indo-Iranian chariot. Scythed chariot Gun carriage Horse artillery Limbers and caissons Tachanka War wagon Cart Combined driving Draft horse Municipal horse...
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Military funerals in the United States (category State ritual and ceremonies)
non-commissioned officer of E-9 rank and officers, the casket is transported via a horse-drawn limbers and caissons. For all other funerals, the casket...
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Gun carriage (category Carriages and mountings)
bars and have used rubber tires. Limbers and caissons - Although neither limbers nor caissons are new inventions, many guns have used them. A limber is...
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phaéton) was a form of sporty open carriage popular in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Drawn by one or two horses, a phaeton typically...
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State funeral (redirect from Death and state funeral)
List of people who have received a state funeral Funeral train Limbers and caissons Lincoln Catafalque Lying in repose Lying in state Military funeral...
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Ripley machine gun (category Trial and research firearms)
design, as patented, consists of nine fixed barrels attached to a limbers and caissons. The weapon was loaded with a cylinder containing nine rounds of...
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pistols and cutlasses and except for the drivers and Chiefs of Pieces they would march on foot alongside the cannons. They could ride on the limbers and caissons...
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horse-drawn carriage designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an architect from York.: 30 The vehicle was developed and tested by Hansom in Hinckley...
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Armoured fighting vehicle Armoured personnel carrier Jeep Landing craft Limbers and caissons (military) Mega Tank Mini-Tank German Panzer Aircraft carrier Escort...
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Vardo (Romani wagon) (section Decoration and painting)
A Vardo (also Gypsy wag(g)on, living wagon, caravan, van and house-on-wheels) is a four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle traditionally used by Romanichal travellers...
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by a coachman, a postilion, or both. A coach has doors in its sides and a front and a back seat inside. The driver has a raised seat in front of the carriage...
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making and repairing of wagons and carts. The word wainwright is the combination of the archaic words "wain" (a large wagon for farm use) and "wright"...
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stood over the bier or coffin and supported the pall. It was provided with numerous spikes to hold burning candles, and, owing to the resemblance of these...
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Buggy (carriage) (redirect from Horse and buggies)
It is suspended by two sideways elliptic springs, one over the front axle and the other over the rear axle. The wheels are near equirotal, with the front...
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attached backrest called a lazyback. The shafts of a carriage were called limbers in English dialect. Lancewood, a tough elastic wood of various trees, was...
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Chariot (redirect from Horse and chariot)
side, and was little more than a floor with a waist-high guard at the front and sides. It was initially used for ancient warfare during the Bronze and Iron...
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with rubber tires, are pulled by one horse, and can carry two passengers plus the driver. Within towns and cities, they function as taxicabs. "Translate"...
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round shot, 288 spherical case, 96 common shells, and 96 canister rounds in its limbers and caissons. In a single ammunition box there were 12 shot, 12...
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variations depending on historical uses and prevailing climate. In British English, sledge is the general term, and more common than sled. Toboggan is sometimes...
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Wagon (section Terminology and design)
agricultural materials, supplies and sometimes people. Wagons are immediately distinguished from carts (which have two wheels) and from lighter four-wheeled...
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Bucharest Army Arsenal (category Demolished buildings and structures in Bucharest)
manufacturing, maintaining, and storing weapons, as well as limbers and caissons for the artillery. The old flags, uniforms, and weapons of the Romanian Army...
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A sulky is a lightweight cart used for harness racing. It has two wheels and a small seat for only a single driver. The modern racing sulky has shafts...
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strength and easy repair) and (later) bumpers, scuttle (firewall) and dashboard. The very easily damaged honeycomb radiator, later enclosed and protected...
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for the same reason. The word is also used as a name for the cucking stool and for a type of balancing scale used in medieval times to check the weight...
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(1861). London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopœdia of the Condition and Earnings of Those that Will Work, Those that Cannot Work, and Those that Will Not...
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(Australia and New Zealand) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by draught animals such as horses, donkeys, mules and oxen...
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Chuckwagon (category Western (genre) staples and terminology)
field kitchen and frequently covered with a white tarp, also called a camp wagon or round-up wagon. It was historically used for the storage and transportation...
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Landau (carriage) (section Description and development)
The low shell of the landau provides maximal visibility of the occupants and their clothing, a feature that makes a landau still a popular choice for...
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