单词 | prairie wagon |
释义 | > as lemmasprairie wagon prairie wagon n. now chiefly historical a covered wagon; = prairie schooner n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > covered > as used by emigrants in America prairie schooner1837 prairie ship1847 prairie wagon1848 ambulance1850 prairie clipper1870 1848 G. C. Furber Twelve Months Volunteer 323 You would be surprised at the amount of kitchen furniture,..bags, vegetables [etc.] taken out.—You would think of prairie wagons loaded for Oregon. 1920 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 24 328 In prehellenic architecture most notable examples of these long barrel roofs, like the tops of prairie wagons, must have covered the great halls of Troy II. 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 6 Ambulance, a synonym for a prairie wagon; also called a dougherty wagon. < as lemmas |
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