prairie schooner

prairie schooner

n.

A covered wagon, drawn by horses or oxen, that was used by pioneers in crossing the North American prairies and plains.

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prairie schooner

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(Historical Terms) Chiefly US a horse-drawn covered wagon similar to but smaller than a Conestoga wagon, used in the 19th century to cross the prairies of North America

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prairie schooner - 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, covered wagon, 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"