| 单词 | provision wagon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprovision wagon provision wagon n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon or cart for specific articles > carrying provisions provision wagon1698 chuck wagon1890 commissary1905 1698 Protestant Mercury 29 July–3 Aug. No. 287. 1/2 The same Evening several led Horses, coaches and Provision-Waggons followed. 1765 R. Rogers Jrnls. Introd. p. viii I tarried till August 26th, and was then ordered with 100 men to escort the provision-waggons. 1856 Harper's Mag. Apr. 582/2 A little later in the season six hundred French and Indians plundered some provision wagons between Fort Edward and Lake George. a1918 G. Stuart 40 Years on Frontier (1925) I. 97 Three days were consumed in getting together the equipment of men and horses with provision wagons and everything necessary. 2001 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 20 Sept. 45 Its title character..hauls a provisions wagon from battlefield to battlefield, often shifting sides to assure her profits. < as lemmas |
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