[fso301]

On the morning of November 21, 1855, Dow went to the blacksmith shop at Hickory Point to have a wagon skein and lynchpin mended.

I just realized what a vocabulary building activity this thread will be.

Skein - A tapered metal shroud that encloses the end of a wooden axle and serves as the surface that the wheel hub rolls on.

Here is what the skein may have looked like:(click image to read article)

[rdl6989]

Thanks, and yes there will be a vocabulary learning curve as we go through the civil war.

[BroJoeK]

fso301: "Skein - A tapered metal shroud that encloses the end of a wooden axle and serves as the surface that the wheel hub rolls on."

Thanks! Much appreciated.