单词 | pole wagon |
释义 | > as lemmaspole wagon pole wagon n. (a) a wagon with a single draught pole; (b) a wagon for transporting poles, esp. for a circus tent; (c) a wagon with a long heavy central pole as chassis, used to transport timber; = timber-wain n. at timber n.1 Compounds 1a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) > having a pole pole wagon1836 1836 G. Head Home Tour 255 The manner in which the pole-waggons are driven is not common. 1851 Times 3 Jan. 5/1 In the pole-waggon, in which two are yoked abreast as in a carriage,..the horses trot briskly along. 1908 S. Ford Side-stepping with Shorty vi. 90 The pole waggon brings up the rear. 1947 H. L. Edlin Forestry & Woodland Life 118 The typical timber carriage or pole waggon consists of two pairs of wheels united by a single pole; the forward pair of wheels is free to swivel, for steering purposes. 1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts v. 76 The pole-wagon, which was the fore-runner of the present-day motor-hauled trolley, had iron stanchions at its four corners of two transverse beams, each above its respective axle. 1985 Nation 9 Mar. 268/2 An honest-to-goodness mud scene of the 1930s depicted twenty horses trying to budge a pole wagon that had got mired to the axles. 2004 R. Walton Hopscotch, Hobos & Foxholes 87 There were wagons for tents, wagons for stakes, pole wagons, wardrobe wagons, ticket wagons, shop wagons. 2014 TVEyes (Nexis) (transcript of TV programme) 30 May The army used pole wagons. The only place in the country that was still using pole wagons was in the Wolds. < as lemmas |
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