Glossary
This glossary is continually being developed. If you have any suggestions for additions, please send them by email to the museums in Leek, Lisbon or Vienna.
Mala Posta
This vehicle was intended for the transportation of passengers and mail. There were seats for the passengers inside and outside the carriage and a special compartement for luggage and mail. The mail coach appeared at the end of the 18th Century and lost its popularity in the second half of the 19th Century, when it was substituted by the railway.
Mail coach
This vehicle was intended for the transportation of passengers and mail. There were seats for the passengers inside and outside the carriage and a special compartement for luggage and mail. The mail coach appeared at the end of the 18th Century and lost its popularity in the second half of the 19th Century, when it was substituted by the railway.
Mountain-check
A straight bar of wood or iron which trails loosely at the back end of a vehicle. Upon the stoppage of the horse, it presses against the ground and thus prevents the vehicle from rolling backward.
Mail spring
A combination of springs applied to a carriage, designed to bring the body as near as possible to the axle. It consists of four half elliptic springs forming a quadrangle, arranged in parallel pairs. Their use is confined to heavy vehicles.
Mountain-point
A straight bar of wood or iron which trails loosely at the back end of a vehicle. Upon the stoppage of the horse, it presses against the ground and thus prevents the vehicle from rolling backward.
