C spring

A form of cee spring — A spring supporting the frame of a carriage, shaped like the letter C.

Meanings

nounC spring (plural C springs)

plural C springs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of cee spring.

    A very spirited affair it looked with its red body and yellow wheels, bouncing about on its high C springs [...] with its four horses going full stretch and two postilions in knee-cords and top-boots laying into the horses in a lather of dust and excitement.

    1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 16
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