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wagon train

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wagon train
n.
A line or train of wagons traveling cross-country.

wagon train
n
(Military) a supply train of horses and wagons, esp one going over rough terrain
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Noun1.wagon trainwagon 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"
procession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"
Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, covered wagon, prairie schooner, prairie 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
Translations
wagon train n (Am) (History) → carovana di carri
wagon train n (Am) (History) → carovana di carri


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There were about two hundred and fifty of these vehicles, each drawn by a single animal, any one of which, from their appearance, might easily have drawn the entire wagon train when fully loaded.
 
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