| Conestoga wagon n. A heavy covered wagon with broad wheels, used especially by American pioneers as they traveled west. [After Conestoga, a village of southeast Pennsylvania.] |
Conestoga wagon [ˌkɒnɪˈstəʊgə]
n
(Historical Terms) US and Canadian a large heavy horse-drawn covered wagon used in the 19th century
[after Conestoga, Pennsylvania, where it was first made]
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| Noun | 1. |  Conestoga wagon - a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th centurycaravan, wagon train, train - a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety" |
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