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COVERED WAGON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does covered wagon mean?
• COVERED WAGON (noun)
The noun COVERED WAGON has 1 sense:
1. a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century
Familiarity information: COVERED WAGON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Conestoga; Conestoga wagon; covered wagon; prairie schooner; prairie wagon
Hypernyms ("covered wagon" is a kind of...):
waggon; wagon (any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor)
Holonyms ("covered wagon" is a member of...):
caravan; train; wagon train (a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file)
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