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coachmaker

coachmaker

9.7
A person who builds or repairs horse-drawn carriages
  • noun
  • /ˈkoʊtʃˌmeɪkər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : carrocero
  • Insured: William Mountain, Saracens Head Inn, Snow Hill, innholder and coachmaker.

Examples

  • Many towns relied on the coachmaker to build reliable carriages for transportation.

  • In the 19th century, the skilled coachmaker crafted elegant carriages for wealthy families.

  • The local coachmaker repaired the damaged wheels of the horse-drawn carriage.

Synonyms

coachmaster
vscoachmaker
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who builds and repairs horse-drawn carriages

can be a person or a company rather than only an individual

Surface Forms

coachmaker singular
coachmakers plural

Morphology

coachmaker = coach + maker (transparent) = coach + maker

Clear compound 'coach' + 'maker' meaning 'one who makes coaches'; the relation is directly derivable by learners.

Etymology

The word coachmaker comes from the parts coach and maker. The word coach was named after a Hungarian village called Kocs, where people first built a fast horse carriage, so a coachmaker was someone who built or fixed those carriages.