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covered wagon

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covered wagon
n.
A large wagon covered with an arched canvas top, used especially by American pioneers for prairie travel.

covered wagon
n
(Historical Terms) US and Canadian a large wagon with an arched canvas top, used formerly for prairie travel
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Noun1.covered wagoncovered 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 century
waggon, wagon - any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
caravan, 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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covered wagon [ˌkʌvədˈwægən] Ncarreta f entoldada


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And now there is the thunder of the huge covered wagon coming home with sacks of grain.
And then soldiers commenced coming in from the east, but not with the gay assurance of those who came from the south and west--no, these others came in covered wagons, blood-soaked and suffering.
 
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