单词 | cape wagon |
释义 | > as lemmasCape wagon Cape wagon n. (see quot. 1850). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > large and powerful Cape wagon1798 1798 A. Barnard Let. 6 June in S. Afr. a Cent. Ago (1901) viii. 157 Of course, it was a Cape waggon; any other sort..is impossible..for such an excursion. 1837 J. E. Alexander Narr. Voy. Observ. W. Afr. xiv. 348 It is quite astonishing to a stranger what severe work Cape wagons undergo without injury. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. ii. 22 The Cape waggon is a large and powerful, yet loosely-constructed vehicle, running on four wheels. < as lemmas |
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