[f. WAIN sb.1 + WRIGHT. In OE. wæʓn-wyrhta. Not found in ME., but its existence is attested by the surname Wainwright.] A wagon-builder.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 112. Carpentarius, wænwyrhta.
1855. Hyde Clarke, Dict., Wainwright, wagonwright.
1897. Meredith, One of our Conq., xix. A rill, that was lured a little further down through scoops, ducts, and scaffolded channels to serve a wainwright.
