covered wagon

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covered wagon

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

covered wagon

(Historical Terms) US and Canadian a large wagon with an arched canvas top, used formerly for prairie travel

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Noun

covered 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

Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, prairie schooner, prairie wagon

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] N → carreta f entoldada

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