caravann.

Brit.

/ˈkarəvan/,

/ˌkarəˈvan/, U.S.

/ˈkɛrəˌvæn/

Forms:

α. Middle English 1600s carvan, 1500s carrauanne, 1500s–1600s carauan, 1500s–1600s carauane, 1500s–1600s carouan, 1500s–1600s carrauan, 1600s caraban, 1600s caruan, 1600s–1700s caravane, 1600s–1700s carravan, 1600s–1700s karawan, 1600s–1800s karavan, 1600s– caravan, 1700s karrawan, 1700s–1800s carawan.

β. 1500s carouana, 1500s–1600s carauana, 1500s–1600s caruana.

γ. 1600s carrauand.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: French carouane, caravane; Italian carovana.

Etymology: Partly (i) < Middle French carouane, caravanna, Middle French, French caravane group of people travelling together, typically in Asia and parts of Africa (beginning of the 13th cent. in Old French as carvane ), convoy of ships (13th cent., earliest with reference to Italy), specific kind of naval expedition carried out by the Knights of Malta (1612), any group of people travelling together (1657 in the passage translated in quot. 1665 at sense 1b), and partly (ii) < Italian carovana, †caravana convoy of ships (1282), group of people travelling together (14th cent.), convoy of pack animals travelling as part of a caravan (1345), both < Persian kārvān, kārivān company of travellers (especially merchants) (Middle Persian kārawān). The Persian word apparently first entered European languages in the multilingual context of the crusades, and its use was later reinforced by European travellers in the Ottoman Empire, Asia, and parts of Africa; compare ( < Persian) Old Anatolian Turkish kāruvān, kārubān, kārvān (14th cent.; Ottoman Turkish kārbān, kārvān, kervān, Turkish kervan), which may also have had an influence on the development of the words in the European languages, as may perhaps also Arabic qayrawān (rare, in pre-Islamic sources; < Persian).Parallels in other languages. With branch I. compare post-classical Latin caravana , caravanna , caravenna , carvana , karvana group of people travelling together (from 12th cent. in British (frequently) and continental sources), convoy of ships (13th cent. in Italian sources), Old Occitan caravana (1396), Catalan caravana (13th cent.), Spanish caravana (c1350, earliest with reference to a convoy of ships), Portuguese caravana (1513). With this use compare also ( < French) Dutch Karavaan (1596 as caruana ) and ( < Italian) German Karawane (a1590 as choroana , or earlier); compare further the earlier and apparently independent borrowing (perhaps < either Latin or Turkish) Middle High German carvane , carvan , early modern German karwan military baggage train (including pack animals and equipment) (originally in the crusades) and (hence) Middle Dutch carvane (15th cent. in an apparently isolated attestation translating Middle High German). Later uses with reference to a vehicle in the Romance languages are after English (see branch II., especially sense 7); some other European languages have borrowed the English word directly in these uses. Variant forms. The early form carvan is probably immediately after French, although the corresponding form type appears to be attested in French texts only from the Old French period, rather than in Middle French. The apparently isolated 17th-cent. form caraban is found in a text about the Maghreb and probably reflects the occasional Spanish variant carabana (attested from c1406; with intervocalic b for /v/).

I. A group of people travelling together, and related senses.

a. A group of people, typically traders and pilgrims, travelling together along trade or pilgrimage routes in Asia or North and East Africa, esp. across the desert. Now chiefly historical.the dog barks but the caravan moves on: see dog n.¹ Phrases 1f.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > a company of travellers > in Africa or the East

caravana1500

cafila1598

caravanserai1836

a1500 in Englische Studien (1885) 8 282 (MED) Or elles a boy of carvan, that coude dryve a camell, mule, or asse.

1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxvii. 284 The Marchants, trauailing by Carauan, that is, Great Droues of laden Camels.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 122 Brought ouer-land by Caruan from Mecha.

1691 T. Hyde Let. 1 Feb. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) VI. 331 Partly there, and partly by the frequent opportunities of sending by the Caravans into Persia, he may do very good service.

1792 J. Émïn Life & Adventures Joseph Émïn 618 He joined a small caravan, and in eight days reached Shiraz.

1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 70 A march of 2 h. leads the caravan to a little village called after its headman B'ana Dirunga.

1923 D. A. Mackenzie China & Japan (1994) xii. 198 Over Arabia, by way of Ur, which stood at the foot of a natural opening from the desert..were led the caravans laden with stone, spices, copper, and gold.

2012 D. Schweitzer Secrets in Desert iv. 32 On one particular trip to the desert a storm blew up and a caravan of traveling Amazigh sought refuge in the cave occupied by the young monk.

b. Any large group of people travelling together on foot or by vehicle, often in a long line or file. Also occasionally in extended use of a group of animals.From the mid 18th cent. most commonly in North American use, and together with sense 3 now the usual sense in North America. In early American examples typically with reference to settlers, prospectors, missionaries, etc., travelling westward in groups accompanied by pack animals and supply wagons, especially into territories inhabited by indigenous peoples.In quot. 1665 with humorous reference to a travelling company of actors and the cart carrying their props, costumes, etc.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > a company of travellers

comitive1597

convoy1612

caravan1665

caravanserai1836

outfit1848

safari1860

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > a company of travellers > in the U.S.

caravan1748

1665 J. B. tr. P. Scarron Comical Romance i. i. 3 Let us return to our Caravan [Fr. Caravanne]. It passed before the Tennis Court at the sign of the Hind, and made a halt at the door.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 428 [Birds] rang'd in figure wedge thir way..and set forth Thir Aierie Caravan .

1706 tr. E. Y. Ides Three Years Trav. Moscow to China xvi. 81 The whole Caravan, travelling free, at the Expence of the Chinese.

1711 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 223 We got out before eleven, a noble caravan of us.

1748 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina App. p. iv Indian Traders, whose Caravans travel these uninhabited Countries.

1805 L. Dow Trav. in Wks. (1806) II. 90 They, with their caravan, took the right-hand road to Pittsburgh, to go down the Ohio, to Natchez.

1897 J. L. Allen Choir Invisible ii. 14 A company of travellers with pack-horses—one of the caravans across the desert of the Western woods.

1912 C. De Filippi & H. T. Porter tr. F. De Filippi Karakoram & Western Himalaya 1909 ix. 137 When he heard of our coming he met us, wishing to join the Duke's caravan.

1968 Observer 27 Oct. 5/3 Everywhere the Nixon caravan makes a stop, the Press is herded..to..trestle tables.

2012 J. Meredith Mission from God 189 A caravan of black Americans was heading for the campus of the University of Mississippi to celebrate a black man getting his diploma.

a. A convoy of ships or boats; spec. one consisting of Turkish or Russian merchant vessels, typically sailing in the eastern Mediterranean or Black Sea under a naval escort; (also) the convoy of naval vessels providing this escort.In the spec. sense now only in occasional use in historical contexts.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > [noun] > number of sailing together

company1530

caravan1588

convoy1605

trade1703

1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 39 With vs there went other merchants, which did ease our fraight, & very commodiouslie we came to Balzora & ther we staied 40 days for prouiding a Carauan of barks [It. carauana di barche] to go to Babylon.

1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 38 The sinkinge of the great Galiasse of the Saracens, the taking of their Conuoie, which..is called a Carauana.

1654 T. Fuller Comment on Ruth 146 in 2 Serm. A Caravan..sayling in the vast Ocean.

1686 London Gaz. No. 2177/2 News..of the rencounter between Signior Venier, Captain Extraordinary of the Ships of this State, and the Turkish Caravan.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Caravan There are also Sea Caravans..: Such is the Caravan of Vessels, from Constantinople to Alexandria.

1830 A. Sutherland Achievements of Knights of Malta II. vii. 268 The knights..encountered in the Channel of Samos, a Turkish caravan, or convoy, consisting of ten ships and twelve saicks, on the voyage from Alexandria to Constantinople.

1914 Derby Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 3/2 A British cruiser has bombarded a Turkish caravan between Jaffa and Gaza.

2020 L. Castro-Woodhouse Woman between Two Kingdoms ii. 33 A caravan of boats was laden with the food and supplies needed for the journey.

b. A naval expedition carried out by the Order of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem in Malta; such an expedition as a service or duty required of each member of the order. Now historical.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > campaign > specific

caravan1685

Anzac1915

1685 tr. R. Simon Hist. Orig. & Progress Eccl. Revenues 232 For obtaining a Commandery one must..have performed his Caravans [Fr. Caravanes], which consist in some years Services at Malta.

1728 tr. R. Aubert de Vertot d'Aubeuf Hist. Knights of Malta II. xi. 128 Several of these pretended commanders have besought the grand masters to suffer them to be received at Malta, and make their caravans on board the gallies of the order.

1858 W. Porter Hist. Knights Malta II. xx. 209 Every Knight, during his residence in Malta, was bound to complete four caravans, or cruises of six months each.

1996 D. Gregory Malta, Brit., & European Powers ii. 37 By the end of the eighteenth century,..these caravans had become pleasure cruises, and there was no school of navigation in Malta.

3. A convoy of pack animals or vehicles travelling as part of a caravan (sense 1); (later) a single file of vehicles, typically all heading for the same destination.Together with sense 1b, now the usual sense in North American use. Cf. caravan v. 2a.

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1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. ix. ix. f. 132 A great company of Horses and Mules (heauily laden, and after the manner of a Carauan of Camels in Egypt) [It. carouana di some sopra muli & sopra caualli] were first to passe ouer the saide Bridge.

1678 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Indian Trav. i. 28 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. The Caravan of Waggons [Fr. les Caravanes de charettes] seldom exceeds the number of an hundred or two hundred at most.

1731 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers (new ed.) iv. 138 Twenty Days easy March from the Mediterranean (allowing, may be, about twenty Miles a Day for the Caravan of Camels, and those who go on foot).

1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 77 General Harrison..was accompanied in his march through the wilderness by a caravan of waggons.

1880 L. Oliphant Land of Gilead ii. 26 A long caravan of mules laden with tents and baggage.

1930 New Yorker 27 Dec. 9–13 Several times he has led a small caravan of cars filled with his followers out of New York.

1971 N.Y. Times 11 June 40/5 The..invited guests went in a caravan of taxis and limousines six blocks to the Waldorf-Astoria.

2017 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 4 June (Sports Final ed.) 4 He defended his insistence Friday on being driven 12 miles to the Park Slope YMCA in Brooklyn in a caravan of SUVs for his daily workout routine—even as he paints himself as eco-friendly.

4. A large, diverse, or disparate collection or list of things. Often with the implication of being disordered or unmanageable.

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > heterogeneous

miscellanea1565

caravan1623

mob1728

1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood ii. x. 130 They were rather Deuils, Sorcerers, & Magitians, then any diuine persons. Good Sir, then abiure all that Carauan of Deuills [Fr. carauane de Diables], & beleeue in him, who by his word alone created Heauen & Earth.

1681 W. Denton Jus Cæsaris 85 Because to cite the whole Caravan of Witnesses at large, and in particular, would make this very Paragraph swell into a Volume, I forbear, and shall only gently touch some of them hereafter.

1764 H. Walpole Let. 24 Dec. in Corr. (1941) X. 145 It will go much safer and quicker, than if I sent it to Lord Hertford, for his letters lie very often, till enough are assembled to compose a jolly caravan.

1912 E. A. Powell Last Frontier vii. 170 And this endless caravan of figures represents but a fraction of Germany's transmarine interests.

1955 A. M. Lindbergh Gift from Sea (1983) ii. 25 The life I have chosen as wife and mother entrains a whole caravan of complications.

2004 Mod. Drummer June 155/1 Chicago Underground drummer Chad Taylor pulls off fantastic tricks on this avant-garde caravan of an album.

†5. cant. A person targeted for robbery, typically because he or she is carrying or travelling with a large quantity of money. Also: a large quantity of money, esp. when viewed as a target for a thief. Obsolete.

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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder > object of

spoil1594

caravan1684

1684 T. Otway Atheist v. 55 What caravans have you met with, or what Loose lately managed?

1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia i. i. 9 Thy cozen here is the wealthiest Caravan we have met with a long time.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Caravan, a good round Sum of Money about a Man, and him that is Cheated of it.

1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 115/2 Caravan, great quantity of money.

II. A covered carriage, wagon, or similar vehicle.

†6.

a. A large covered vehicle carrying a number of passengers by road; spec. a public vehicle of this type running on a fixed route. Obsolete (historical after mid 19th cent.).

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > other covered carriages

caravan?1672

Berlin1694

kittereen1792

coupé1834

clarence1843

station wagon1876

?1672 Reasons suppressing Stage-coaches 8 That Running Stage-Coaches and Caravans are so injurious to the Publick, destructive to Trade, and the occasion of the fall of Rents, it would be worth our time to consider what is in them worthy of their being countenanced and desired.

1689 London Gaz. No. 2450/4 A Fair easie going Caravan, with a very handsome Roof Brass Work, good Seats, Glasses on the sides to draw up, that will carry 18 Persons.

1754 Connoisseur No. 25 We should laugh at a nobleman who..should..be content to have his family dragged to his country seat, like servant maids in the caravan.

1846 Parl. Gazetteer Ireland, 1844–5 II. 130/2 A caravan to Athboy; a caravan, a mail-car, and 2 cars to Balbriggan.

1924 G. C. Henderson Keys to Crookdom vii. 95 In the old days the rollicking, dare-devil outlaws held up stage coaches and caravans.

b. A covered railway wagon; (also apparently) a third-class carriage. Obsolete.

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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > other types of passenger carriage

caravan1821

private car1826

Jim Crow car1835

ladies' car1841

saloon car or carriage1842

palace car1844

ladies' carriage1847

parliamentary carriage1849

parlour car1859

composite carriage1868

Pullman1869

observation car1872

first1873

compo1878

bogie carriage1880

chair-car1880

club car1893

corridor carriage1893

tourist-car1895

birdcage1900

dog box1905

corridor coach1911

vista-dome1945

Stolypin1970

1821 Bristol Mirror 1 Sept. 3/4 We understand, that a respectable body of landed proprietors, as a means of assisting their tenants, have agreed, by subscription, to support an establishment of light caravans, principally to supply the London markets with fresh butter, &c.

1823 Mechanic's Mag. No. 19. 290 The steam-engine employs its force to impel the caravans..and coaches.

1832 Western Times (Exeter) 17 Nov. 395/4 The railway would admit of coaches, caravans, and waggons working day and night the year throughout.

a. A type of covered wagon, typically wooden and horse-drawn, traditionally used for transport and living accommodation by itinerant people, esp. by Romani or Irish Traveller peoples, or by travelling showmen, circus troupes, etc., and later (esp. in the early 20th cent.) also by holidaymakers for touring holidays. Cf. gypsy caravan n.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > caravan

cart-house1603

caravan1805

house wagon1833

wagon1851

house trailer1885

caboose1912

mobile home1934

travel trailer1936

trailer home1940

static caravan1947

Dormobile1952

caravette1953

trailer house1954

motor home1961

double-wide1966

static1980

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > cart (usually two-wheeled) > forming part of travelling show

show-cart1804

caravan1805

1805 J. Plumptre Plague Stayed 68 In the parish of Ickleton, in Cambridgeshire, in the year 1800, at the fair..the Small-Pox was introduced by a family, living in a Caravan, and exhibiting a Puppet Shew. Part of the Caravan formed the stage, [etc.]

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 272 Several caravans containing wild beasts, and other spectacles.

1886 G. Stables Cruise of Wanderer 9 Nice curtains divide the caravan at pleasure into two compartments.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 168/3 People tried to get us to move into furnished apartments. Sooner than that I'd buy a caravan (or its modern equivalent, the trailer).

2006 Z. Archer Love in Bottle x. 178 Ian's exceptionally decorated caravan was already beginning to draw a crowd.

b. Originally British. A vehicle equipped for living in, designed to be towed by a car and typically used for recreational purposes, esp. for going on holiday; a vehicle of this type used as a stationary dwelling, typically by holidaymakers. Cf. static caravan n.Compare earlier motor caravan n.Now the usual sense in most regions outside of North America. Trailer is the usual term in North American use (see trailer n. 6a).

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1920 Daily Tel. 23 Feb. 9/3 In addition to motor-cycles, a trailer caravan, which can be attached to a motor-car, is shown.

1925 Essex Chron. 4 Dec. 10/1 Defendant [sc. a motor lorry driver] said the trailer was a caravan, which he had in tow.

1970 Country Life 1 Oct. 802/1 There has also been a discernible movement towards self-catering holidays, in farmhouses, chalets, caravans and cottages.

2004 Park Home & Holiday Caravan Feb. 32/1 Back then the park was just a field, with only four or five caravans dotted around the site and a dirt track for access.

c. Chiefly North American. A large van for carrying people or goods; esp. one equipped with sleeping and cooking facilities for use as accommodation while travelling. Cf. motor caravan n. (b) at motor n. and adj. Compounds 1c.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other vehicles according to specific use > [noun] > vehicle used as living accommodation

van1829

house wagon1833

living wagon1851

wagon1851

motor-van1898

motor caravan1909

van1922

trailer caravan1930

trailer1931

caravanette1934

mobile home1934

travel trailer1936

trailer home1940

static caravan1947

recreational vehicle1949

van1952

trailer house1954

caravette1958

camper1960

pickup camper1960

motor home1961

caravan1962

cab-over1964

RV1967

manufactured home1976

micro-mini1989

1962 Times 10 Feb. (advt.) Owner of new ‘1500’ V.W. wishes to contact owner of new V.W. caravan (4 berth) with view of exchanging vehicles for 2 months.

2012 P. Jackson Coven (e-book, accessed 11 Feb. 2021) i. 12 Tony pulled in and drove the caravan up the long-winding driveway.

Compounds

C1.

a. As a modifier, in sense 1a, as in caravan route, caravan trade, caravan trader, etc. [In quot. 1677, caravan-master translates French †caravan-bachi (1653), itself a borrowing < Ottoman Turkish kārvān başı, kervān başı (14th cent. in Old Anatolian Turkish; Turkish kervanbaşı), literally ‘head of the caravan’.]

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1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. 290 What are al these foxes..in comparison of that treacherous carauane horde [Fr. carauanne ou horde] of those vermine, openly polluting the holy name of Iesus.

1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. i. ii. 7 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) Every Horse and every Camel paying to the Caravan-Master [Fr. Caravan-bachi] a certain Duty.

1799 J. Taylor Trav. Eng. to India I. 264 I again wrote to Mr. Manesty for a conveyance for our baggage, as the caravan camels could proceed no further than Zebeer.

1844 J. C. Frémont Rep. 5–9 May in D. Jackson & M. L. Spence Exped. J. C. Frémont (1970) I. 689 The caravan road was lost and scattered in the sandy country.

1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 387 The ravages of this disease amongst the half-starved and overworked gangs of caravan porters have already been described.

1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 31 Various caravan routes.

1910 W. S. Davis Infl. Wealth in Imperial Rome i. 1 Their ventures in the Ethiopian caravan trade also were unprofitable.

1991 R. Oliver Afr. Experience (1993) xi. 136 The caravan traders of ancient Ghana, engaged above all in the exchange of desert salt and savanna grain.

2000 Explore Worldwide Brochure 2001/2002 76/3 We stay in the lakeshore town of Xizhou to explore the Dali area—an ancient trading centre on the old caravan route to Burma and India.

caravan tea n. (originally) tea transported overland from China to Russia rather than by sea, commonly thought to acquire a distinctive and superior flavour as a result; (later) tea blended to resemble this in taste.

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the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] > other types of tea

black tea1706

bohea1706

cocoa tea1747

caravan tea1798

Russian tea1799

hickory tea1868

sencha1874

Earl Grey mixture1884

Earl Grey tea1914

sergeant-major1923

Earl Grey1936

teh tarik1975

chai latte1994

1798 W. Render tr. A. von Kotzebue Count Benyowsky iii. 89 This tea—I received it from Irkuzk; it is caravan-tea [Ger. Karavanen-Thee].

1854 R. Curzon Armenia 28 Caravan tea is tea which is brought by caravans, over land, from China, through the great deserts of Tartary: it is much superior to the tea which comes by sea.

1998 New Product News Jan. 29 Three new teas are Green Tea with Ginger, Vermont Breakfast Tea, and Russian Caravan Tea.

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a. As a modifier, in senses in branch II. (esp. sense 7), as in caravan dweller, caravan owner, etc.

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1816 J. T. James Jrnl. Tour V. 463 The caravan driver is heard bustling among his horses.

1884 York Herald 9 June 3/3 John Carvel, caravan owner, was charged with allowing three asses to stray on the highway.

1886 G. Stables Cruise of Wanderer 3 He is unsuited for a caravan life.

1933 Nottingham Evening Post 7 Aug. 4/7 Lady Arthur Grosvenor is another titled caravan enthusiast. She makes regular caravan tours.

1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier iv. 61 Some of the caravan-dwellers.

1977 Age (Melbourne) 18 Jan. 24/1 (advt.) Caravan Owners!.. Recreational vehicle reports include a 24 ft. Glendale, pronounced ideal for a young couple's first home.

1992 Caravan Mag. Sept. 47/4 Any caravan manufacturer will be welcome to turn up with their caravan.

2000 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 29 Sept. 55 This weekend..sees the grand opening of a massive indoor caravan showroom.

caravan holiday n. a holiday taken in a caravan, esp. a seaside holiday at a caravan park.Not in North American use.

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society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > holidays > specific type

summer vacation1507

public holiday1736

summer holiday1746

school holiday1777

Cook's tour1856

alcoholiday1877

busman's holiday1893

caravan holiday1899

caravanning holiday1924

staycation1944

spring break1956

farm stay1957

charter1959

ski pack1969

staycation2008

1899 Semi-Weekly News-Herald (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 11 June 1/4 Caravan holidays are in England replacing the houseboat fad.

1933 Strand Mag. 85 32/2 If you are tired of seaside hotels and seaside landladies, why not plan out a caravan holiday and be your own master?

2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 Feb. 35/1 That icon of Australian summers—the humble beachside caravan holiday—may be consigned to history in coming years.

caravan park n. originally British an area of land where caravans may be parked; esp. one where caravans are permanently parked and let to holidaymakers or used as living accommodation; = caravan site n.; cf. static caravan n.Not commonly used in North America; cf. trailer park n.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > camp or encampment > [noun] > area for caravans

caravan site1921

trailer camp1921

caravan park1930

trailer park1947

1930 Western Gaz. 23 May 9/4 (advt.) Strip of land,..suit petrol pumps, tea gardens, caravan park, &c.

1963 Times 18 Feb. 16/5 The difficult problem of finding enough caravan parks on which to put the end product.

2016 G. Fildes Astronomer's Tale iii. 131 Word had got around of an astronomy meet-up at Dower House caravan park in Thetford Forest, Norwich.

caravan site n. originally British an area of land where caravans may be parked; esp. one where caravans are permanently parked and let to holidaymakers or used as living accommodation; = caravan park n.; cf. static caravan n.Not commonly used in North America; cf. trailer park n.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > camp or encampment > [noun] > area for caravans

caravan site1921

trailer camp1921

caravan park1930

trailer park1947

1921 Western Gaz. 3 June 7/1 (advt.) Caravan Site, Highcliffe-on-Sea, close to beach, village, and golf.

1935 Caravan Ann. (subtitle) A list of over 1,200 caravan sites in Britain.

1959 M. Steen Tower i. iii. 44 The back streets, the caravan sites and the pre-fabs.

2015 Model Engineer 20 Feb. 285/1 Caravans and camper vans will be most welcome as there is a caravan site adjacent to their delightful club track.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	caravan
释义	caravann. Brit. /ˈkarəvan/, /ˌkarəˈvan/, U.S. /ˈkɛrəˌvæn/ Forms: α. Middle English 1600s carvan, 1500s carrauanne, 1500s–1600s carauan, 1500s–1600s carauane, 1500s–1600s carouan, 1500s–1600s carrauan, 1600s caraban, 1600s caruan, 1600s–1700s caravane, 1600s–1700s carravan, 1600s–1700s karawan, 1600s–1800s karavan, 1600s– caravan, 1700s karrawan, 1700s–1800s carawan. β. 1500s carouana, 1500s–1600s carauana, 1500s–1600s caruana. γ. 1600s carrauand. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: French carouane, caravane; Italian carovana. Etymology: Partly (i) < Middle French carouane, caravanna, Middle French, French caravane group of people travelling together, typically in Asia and parts of Africa (beginning of the 13th cent. in Old French as carvane ), convoy of ships (13th cent., earliest with reference to Italy), specific kind of naval expedition carried out by the Knights of Malta (1612), any group of people travelling together (1657 in the passage translated in quot. 1665 at sense 1b), and partly (ii) < Italian carovana, †caravana convoy of ships (1282), group of people travelling together (14th cent.), convoy of pack animals travelling as part of a caravan (1345), both < Persian kārvān, kārivān company of travellers (especially merchants) (Middle Persian kārawān). The Persian word apparently first entered European languages in the multilingual context of the crusades, and its use was later reinforced by European travellers in the Ottoman Empire, Asia, and parts of Africa; compare ( < Persian) Old Anatolian Turkish kāruvān, kārubān, kārvān (14th cent.; Ottoman Turkish kārbān, kārvān, kervān, Turkish kervan), which may also have had an influence on the development of the words in the European languages, as may perhaps also Arabic qayrawān (rare, in pre-Islamic sources; < Persian).Parallels in other languages. With branch I. compare post-classical Latin caravana , caravanna , caravenna , carvana , karvana group of people travelling together (from 12th cent. in British (frequently) and continental sources), convoy of ships (13th cent. in Italian sources), Old Occitan caravana (1396), Catalan caravana (13th cent.), Spanish caravana (c1350, earliest with reference to a convoy of ships), Portuguese caravana (1513). With this use compare also ( < French) Dutch Karavaan (1596 as caruana ) and ( < Italian) German Karawane (a1590 as choroana , or earlier); compare further the earlier and apparently independent borrowing (perhaps < either Latin or Turkish) Middle High German carvane , carvan , early modern German karwan military baggage train (including pack animals and equipment) (originally in the crusades) and (hence) Middle Dutch carvane (15th cent. in an apparently isolated attestation translating Middle High German). Later uses with reference to a vehicle in the Romance languages are after English (see branch II., especially sense 7); some other European languages have borrowed the English word directly in these uses. Variant forms. The early form carvan is probably immediately after French, although the corresponding form type appears to be attested in French texts only from the Old French period, rather than in Middle French. The apparently isolated 17th-cent. form caraban is found in a text about the Maghreb and probably reflects the occasional Spanish variant carabana (attested from c1406; with intervocalic b for /v/). I. A group of people travelling together, and related senses. 1. a. A group of people, typically traders and pilgrims, travelling together along trade or pilgrimage routes in Asia or North and East Africa, esp. across the desert. Now chiefly historical.the dog barks but the caravan moves on: see dog n.¹ Phrases 1f. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > a company of travellers > in Africa or the East caravana1500 cafila1598 caravanserai1836 a1500 in Englische Studien (1885) 8 282 (MED) Or elles a boy of carvan, that coude dryve a camell, mule, or asse. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxvii. 284 The Marchants, trauailing by Carauan, that is, Great Droues of laden Camels. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 122 Brought ouer-land by Caruan from Mecha. 1691 T. Hyde Let. 1 Feb. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) VI. 331 Partly there, and partly by the frequent opportunities of sending by the Caravans into Persia, he may do very good service. 1792 J. Émïn Life & Adventures Joseph Émïn 618 He joined a small caravan, and in eight days reached Shiraz. 1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 70 A march of 2 h. leads the caravan to a little village called after its headman B'ana Dirunga. 1923 D. A. Mackenzie China & Japan (1994) xii. 198 Over Arabia, by way of Ur, which stood at the foot of a natural opening from the desert..were led the caravans laden with stone, spices, copper, and gold. 2012 D. Schweitzer Secrets in Desert iv. 32 On one particular trip to the desert a storm blew up and a caravan of traveling Amazigh sought refuge in the cave occupied by the young monk. b. Any large group of people travelling together on foot or by vehicle, often in a long line or file. Also occasionally in extended use of a group of animals.From the mid 18th cent. most commonly in North American use, and together with sense 3 now the usual sense in North America. In early American examples typically with reference to settlers, prospectors, missionaries, etc., travelling westward in groups accompanied by pack animals and supply wagons, especially into territories inhabited by indigenous peoples.In quot. 1665 with humorous reference to a travelling company of actors and the cart carrying their props, costumes, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > a company of travellers comitive1597 convoy1612 caravan1665 caravanserai1836 outfit1848 safari1860 society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > a company of travellers > in the U.S. caravan1748 1665 J. B. tr. P. Scarron Comical Romance i. i. 3 Let us return to our Caravan [Fr. Caravanne]. It passed before the Tennis Court at the sign of the Hind, and made a halt at the door. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 428 [Birds] rang'd in figure wedge thir way..and set forth Thir Aierie Caravan . View more context for this quotation 1706 tr. E. Y. Ides Three Years Trav. Moscow to China xvi. 81 The whole Caravan, travelling free, at the Expence of the Chinese. 1711 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 223 We got out before eleven, a noble caravan of us. 1748 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina App. p. iv Indian Traders, whose Caravans travel these uninhabited Countries. 1805 L. Dow Trav. in Wks. (1806) II. 90 They, with their caravan, took the right-hand road to Pittsburgh, to go down the Ohio, to Natchez. 1897 J. L. Allen Choir Invisible ii. 14 A company of travellers with pack-horses—one of the caravans across the desert of the Western woods. 1912 C. De Filippi & H. T. Porter tr. F. De Filippi Karakoram & Western Himalaya 1909 ix. 137 When he heard of our coming he met us, wishing to join the Duke's caravan. 1968 Observer 27 Oct. 5/3 Everywhere the Nixon caravan makes a stop, the Press is herded..to..trestle tables. 2012 J. Meredith Mission from God 189 A caravan of black Americans was heading for the campus of the University of Mississippi to celebrate a black man getting his diploma. 2. a. A convoy of ships or boats; spec. one consisting of Turkish or Russian merchant vessels, typically sailing in the eastern Mediterranean or Black Sea under a naval escort; (also) the convoy of naval vessels providing this escort.In the spec. sense now only in occasional use in historical contexts. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > [noun] > number of sailing together company1530 caravan1588 convoy1605 trade1703 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 39 With vs there went other merchants, which did ease our fraight, & very commodiouslie we came to Balzora & ther we staied 40 days for prouiding a Carauan of barks [It. carauana di barche] to go to Babylon. 1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 38 The sinkinge of the great Galiasse of the Saracens, the taking of their Conuoie, which..is called a Carauana. 1654 T. Fuller Comment on Ruth 146 in 2 Serm. A Caravan..sayling in the vast Ocean. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2177/2 News..of the rencounter between Signior Venier, Captain Extraordinary of the Ships of this State, and the Turkish Caravan. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Caravan There are also Sea Caravans..: Such is the Caravan of Vessels, from Constantinople to Alexandria. 1830 A. Sutherland Achievements of Knights of Malta II. vii. 268 The knights..encountered in the Channel of Samos, a Turkish caravan, or convoy, consisting of ten ships and twelve saicks, on the voyage from Alexandria to Constantinople. 1914 Derby Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 3/2 A British cruiser has bombarded a Turkish caravan between Jaffa and Gaza. 2020 L. Castro-Woodhouse Woman between Two Kingdoms ii. 33 A caravan of boats was laden with the food and supplies needed for the journey. b. A naval expedition carried out by the Order of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem in Malta; such an expedition as a service or duty required of each member of the order. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > campaign > specific caravan1685 Anzac1915 1685 tr. R. Simon Hist. Orig. & Progress Eccl. Revenues 232 For obtaining a Commandery one must..have performed his Caravans [Fr. Caravanes], which consist in some years Services at Malta. 1728 tr. R. Aubert de Vertot d'Aubeuf Hist. Knights of Malta II. xi. 128 Several of these pretended commanders have besought the grand masters to suffer them to be received at Malta, and make their caravans on board the gallies of the order. 1858 W. Porter Hist. Knights Malta II. xx. 209 Every Knight, during his residence in Malta, was bound to complete four caravans, or cruises of six months each. 1996 D. Gregory Malta, Brit., & European Powers ii. 37 By the end of the eighteenth century,..these caravans had become pleasure cruises, and there was no school of navigation in Malta. 3. A convoy of pack animals or vehicles travelling as part of a caravan (sense 1); (later) a single file of vehicles, typically all heading for the same destination.Together with sense 1b, now the usual sense in North American use. Cf. caravan v. 2a. ΚΠ 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. ix. ix. f. 132 A great company of Horses and Mules (heauily laden, and after the manner of a Carauan of Camels in Egypt) [It. carouana di some sopra muli & sopra caualli] were first to passe ouer the saide Bridge. 1678 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Indian Trav. i. 28 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. The Caravan of Waggons [Fr. les Caravanes de charettes] seldom exceeds the number of an hundred or two hundred at most. 1731 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers (new ed.) iv. 138 Twenty Days easy March from the Mediterranean (allowing, may be, about twenty Miles a Day for the Caravan of Camels, and those who go on foot). 1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 77 General Harrison..was accompanied in his march through the wilderness by a caravan of waggons. 1880 L. Oliphant Land of Gilead ii. 26 A long caravan of mules laden with tents and baggage. 1930 New Yorker 27 Dec. 9–13 Several times he has led a small caravan of cars filled with his followers out of New York. 1971 N.Y. Times 11 June 40/5 The..invited guests went in a caravan of taxis and limousines six blocks to the Waldorf-Astoria. 2017 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 4 June (Sports Final ed.) 4 He defended his insistence Friday on being driven 12 miles to the Park Slope YMCA in Brooklyn in a caravan of SUVs for his daily workout routine—even as he paints himself as eco-friendly. 4. A large, diverse, or disparate collection or list of things. Often with the implication of being disordered or unmanageable. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > heterogeneous miscellanea1565 caravan1623 mob1728 1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood ii. x. 130 They were rather Deuils, Sorcerers, & Magitians, then any diuine persons. Good Sir, then abiure all that Carauan of Deuills [Fr. carauane de Diables], & beleeue in him, who by his word alone created Heauen & Earth. 1681 W. Denton Jus Cæsaris 85 Because to cite the whole Caravan of Witnesses at large, and in particular, would make this very Paragraph swell into a Volume, I forbear, and shall only gently touch some of them hereafter. 1764 H. Walpole Let. 24 Dec. in Corr. (1941) X. 145 It will go much safer and quicker, than if I sent it to Lord Hertford, for his letters lie very often, till enough are assembled to compose a jolly caravan. 1912 E. A. Powell Last Frontier vii. 170 And this endless caravan of figures represents but a fraction of Germany's transmarine interests. 1955 A. M. Lindbergh Gift from Sea (1983) ii. 25 The life I have chosen as wife and mother entrains a whole caravan of complications. 2004 Mod. Drummer June 155/1 Chicago Underground drummer Chad Taylor pulls off fantastic tricks on this avant-garde caravan of an album. †5. cant. A person targeted for robbery, typically because he or she is carrying or travelling with a large quantity of money. Also: a large quantity of money, esp. when viewed as a target for a thief. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder > object of spoil1594 caravan1684 1684 T. Otway Atheist v. 55 What caravans have you met with, or what Loose lately managed? 1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia i. i. 9 Thy cozen here is the wealthiest Caravan we have met with a long time. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Caravan, a good round Sum of Money about a Man, and him that is Cheated of it. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 115/2 Caravan, great quantity of money. II. A covered carriage, wagon, or similar vehicle. †6. a. A large covered vehicle carrying a number of passengers by road; spec. a public vehicle of this type running on a fixed route. Obsolete (historical after mid 19th cent.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > other covered carriages caravan?1672 Berlin1694 kittereen1792 coupé1834 clarence1843 station wagon1876 ?1672 Reasons suppressing Stage-coaches 8 That Running Stage-Coaches and Caravans are so injurious to the Publick, destructive to Trade, and the occasion of the fall of Rents, it would be worth our time to consider what is in them worthy of their being countenanced and desired. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2450/4 A Fair easie going Caravan, with a very handsome Roof Brass Work, good Seats, Glasses on the sides to draw up, that will carry 18 Persons. 1754 Connoisseur No. 25 We should laugh at a nobleman who..should..be content to have his family dragged to his country seat, like servant maids in the caravan. 1846 Parl. Gazetteer Ireland, 1844–5 II. 130/2 A caravan to Athboy; a caravan, a mail-car, and 2 cars to Balbriggan. 1924 G. C. Henderson Keys to Crookdom vii. 95 In the old days the rollicking, dare-devil outlaws held up stage coaches and caravans. b. A covered railway wagon; (also apparently) a third-class carriage. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > other types of passenger carriage caravan1821 private car1826 Jim Crow car1835 ladies' car1841 saloon car or carriage1842 palace car1844 ladies' carriage1847 parliamentary carriage1849 parlour car1859 composite carriage1868 Pullman1869 observation car1872 first1873 compo1878 bogie carriage1880 chair-car1880 club car1893 corridor carriage1893 tourist-car1895 birdcage1900 dog box1905 corridor coach1911 vista-dome1945 Stolypin1970 1821 Bristol Mirror 1 Sept. 3/4 We understand, that a respectable body of landed proprietors, as a means of assisting their tenants, have agreed, by subscription, to support an establishment of light caravans, principally to supply the London markets with fresh butter, &c. 1823 Mechanic's Mag. No. 19. 290 The steam-engine employs its force to impel the caravans..and coaches. 1832 Western Times (Exeter) 17 Nov. 395/4 The railway would admit of coaches, caravans, and waggons working day and night the year throughout. 7. a. A type of covered wagon, typically wooden and horse-drawn, traditionally used for transport and living accommodation by itinerant people, esp. by Romani or Irish Traveller peoples, or by travelling showmen, circus troupes, etc., and later (esp. in the early 20th cent.) also by holidaymakers for touring holidays. Cf. gypsy caravan n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > caravan cart-house1603 caravan1805 house wagon1833 wagon1851 house trailer1885 caboose1912 mobile home1934 travel trailer1936 trailer home1940 static caravan1947 Dormobile1952 caravette1953 trailer house1954 motor home1961 double-wide1966 static1980 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > cart (usually two-wheeled) > forming part of travelling show show-cart1804 caravan1805 1805 J. Plumptre Plague Stayed 68 In the parish of Ickleton, in Cambridgeshire, in the year 1800, at the fair..the Small-Pox was introduced by a family, living in a Caravan, and exhibiting a Puppet Shew. Part of the Caravan formed the stage, [etc.] 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 272 Several caravans containing wild beasts, and other spectacles. 1886 G. Stables Cruise of Wanderer 9 Nice curtains divide the caravan at pleasure into two compartments. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 168/3 People tried to get us to move into furnished apartments. Sooner than that I'd buy a caravan (or its modern equivalent, the trailer). 2006 Z. Archer Love in Bottle x. 178 Ian's exceptionally decorated caravan was already beginning to draw a crowd. b. Originally British. A vehicle equipped for living in, designed to be towed by a car and typically used for recreational purposes, esp. for going on holiday; a vehicle of this type used as a stationary dwelling, typically by holidaymakers. Cf. static caravan n.Compare earlier motor caravan n.Now the usual sense in most regions outside of North America. Trailer is the usual term in North American use (see trailer n. 6a). ΚΠ 1920 Daily Tel. 23 Feb. 9/3 In addition to motor-cycles, a trailer caravan, which can be attached to a motor-car, is shown. 1925 Essex Chron. 4 Dec. 10/1 Defendant [sc. a motor lorry driver] said the trailer was a caravan, which he had in tow. 1970 Country Life 1 Oct. 802/1 There has also been a discernible movement towards self-catering holidays, in farmhouses, chalets, caravans and cottages. 2004 Park Home & Holiday Caravan Feb. 32/1 Back then the park was just a field, with only four or five caravans dotted around the site and a dirt track for access. c. Chiefly North American. A large van for carrying people or goods; esp. one equipped with sleeping and cooking facilities for use as accommodation while travelling. Cf. motor caravan n. (b) at motor n. and adj. Compounds 1c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other vehicles according to specific use > [noun] > vehicle used as living accommodation van1829 house wagon1833 living wagon1851 wagon1851 motor-van1898 motor caravan1909 van1922 trailer caravan1930 trailer1931 caravanette1934 mobile home1934 travel trailer1936 trailer home1940 static caravan1947 recreational vehicle1949 van1952 trailer house1954 caravette1958 camper1960 pickup camper1960 motor home1961 caravan1962 cab-over1964 RV1967 manufactured home1976 micro-mini1989 1962 Times 10 Feb. (advt.) Owner of new ‘1500’ V.W. wishes to contact owner of new V.W. caravan (4 berth) with view of exchanging vehicles for 2 months. 2012 P. Jackson Coven (e-book, accessed 11 Feb. 2021) i. 12 Tony pulled in and drove the caravan up the long-winding driveway. Compounds C1. a. As a modifier, in sense 1a, as in caravan route, caravan trade, caravan trader, etc. [In quot. 1677, caravan-master translates French †caravan-bachi (1653), itself a borrowing < Ottoman Turkish kārvān başı, kervān başı (14th cent. in Old Anatolian Turkish; Turkish kervanbaşı), literally ‘head of the caravan’.] ΚΠ 1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. 290 What are al these foxes..in comparison of that treacherous carauane horde [Fr. carauanne ou horde] of those vermine, openly polluting the holy name of Iesus. 1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. i. ii. 7 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) Every Horse and every Camel paying to the Caravan-Master [Fr. Caravan-bachi] a certain Duty. 1799 J. Taylor Trav. Eng. to India I. 264 I again wrote to Mr. Manesty for a conveyance for our baggage, as the caravan camels could proceed no further than Zebeer. 1844 J. C. Frémont Rep. 5–9 May in D. Jackson & M. L. Spence Exped. J. C. Frémont (1970) I. 689 The caravan road was lost and scattered in the sandy country. 1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 387 The ravages of this disease amongst the half-starved and overworked gangs of caravan porters have already been described. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 31 Various caravan routes. 1910 W. S. Davis Infl. Wealth in Imperial Rome i. 1 Their ventures in the Ethiopian caravan trade also were unprofitable. 1991 R. Oliver Afr. Experience (1993) xi. 136 The caravan traders of ancient Ghana, engaged above all in the exchange of desert salt and savanna grain. 2000 Explore Worldwide Brochure 2001/2002 76/3 We stay in the lakeshore town of Xizhou to explore the Dali area—an ancient trading centre on the old caravan route to Burma and India. b. caravan tea n. (originally) tea transported overland from China to Russia rather than by sea, commonly thought to acquire a distinctive and superior flavour as a result; (later) tea blended to resemble this in taste. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [noun] > other types of tea black tea1706 bohea1706 cocoa tea1747 caravan tea1798 Russian tea1799 hickory tea1868 sencha1874 Earl Grey mixture1884 Earl Grey tea1914 sergeant-major1923 Earl Grey1936 teh tarik1975 chai latte1994 1798 W. Render tr. A. von Kotzebue Count Benyowsky iii. 89 This tea—I received it from Irkuzk; it is caravan-tea [Ger. Karavanen-Thee]. 1854 R. Curzon Armenia 28 Caravan tea is tea which is brought by caravans, over land, from China, through the great deserts of Tartary: it is much superior to the tea which comes by sea. 1998 New Product News Jan. 29 Three new teas are Green Tea with Ginger, Vermont Breakfast Tea, and Russian Caravan Tea. C2. a. As a modifier, in senses in branch II. (esp. sense 7), as in caravan dweller, caravan owner, etc. ΚΠ 1816 J. T. James Jrnl. Tour V. 463 The caravan driver is heard bustling among his horses. 1884 York Herald 9 June 3/3 John Carvel, caravan owner, was charged with allowing three asses to stray on the highway. 1886 G. Stables Cruise of Wanderer 3 He is unsuited for a caravan life. 1933 Nottingham Evening Post 7 Aug. 4/7 Lady Arthur Grosvenor is another titled caravan enthusiast. She makes regular caravan tours. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier iv. 61 Some of the caravan-dwellers. 1977 Age (Melbourne) 18 Jan. 24/1 (advt.) Caravan Owners!.. Recreational vehicle reports include a 24 ft. Glendale, pronounced ideal for a young couple's first home. 1992 Caravan Mag. Sept. 47/4 Any caravan manufacturer will be welcome to turn up with their caravan. 2000 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 29 Sept. 55 This weekend..sees the grand opening of a massive indoor caravan showroom. b. caravan holiday n. a holiday taken in a caravan, esp. a seaside holiday at a caravan park.Not in North American use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > holidays > specific type summer vacation1507 public holiday1736 summer holiday1746 school holiday1777 Cook's tour1856 alcoholiday1877 busman's holiday1893 caravan holiday1899 caravanning holiday1924 staycation1944 spring break1956 farm stay1957 charter1959 ski pack1969 staycation2008 1899 Semi-Weekly News-Herald (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 11 June 1/4 Caravan holidays are in England replacing the houseboat fad. 1933 Strand Mag. 85 32/2 If you are tired of seaside hotels and seaside landladies, why not plan out a caravan holiday and be your own master? 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 Feb. 35/1 That icon of Australian summers—the humble beachside caravan holiday—may be consigned to history in coming years. caravan park n. originally British an area of land where caravans may be parked; esp. one where caravans are permanently parked and let to holidaymakers or used as living accommodation; = caravan site n.; cf. static caravan n.Not commonly used in North America; cf. trailer park n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > camp or encampment > [noun] > area for caravans caravan site1921 trailer camp1921 caravan park1930 trailer park1947 1930 Western Gaz. 23 May 9/4 (advt.) Strip of land,..suit petrol pumps, tea gardens, caravan park, &c. 1963 Times 18 Feb. 16/5 The difficult problem of finding enough caravan parks on which to put the end product. 2016 G. Fildes Astronomer's Tale iii. 131 Word had got around of an astronomy meet-up at Dower House caravan park in Thetford Forest, Norwich. caravan site n. originally British an area of land where caravans may be parked; esp. one where caravans are permanently parked and let to holidaymakers or used as living accommodation; = caravan park n.; cf. static caravan n.Not commonly used in North America; cf. trailer park n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > camp or encampment > [noun] > area for caravans caravan site1921 trailer camp1921 caravan park1930 trailer park1947 1921 Western Gaz. 3 June 7/1 (advt.) Caravan Site, Highcliffe-on-Sea, close to beach, village, and golf. 1935 Caravan Ann. (subtitle) A list of over 1,200 caravan sites in Britain. 1959 M. Steen Tower i. iii. 44 The back streets, the caravan sites and the pre-fabs. 2015 Model Engineer 20 Feb. 285/1 Caravans and camper vans will be most welcome as there is a caravan site adjacent to their delightful club track. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). caravanv. Brit. /ˈkarəvan/, /ˌkarəˈvan/, U.S. /ˈkɛrəˌvæn/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle caravanned, (chiefly U.S.) caravaned; Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: caravan n. Etymology: < caravan n. Compare earlier caravanning n. and later van v.² 1. transitive. To convey, move, or transport (something) in a caravan (esp. in sense 1). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > transport or convey by carrying [verb (transitive)] > convey by caravan caravan1824 1824 Economist 25 Dec. 507/2 The oldest cow in his herd—the great-grandmother of as fat and as chuckle-headed a race as ever were caravanned through Mile-End turnpike. 1862 Ladies' Compan. 22 39/1 Others..deserve sustenance at the hands of the nation, and to be caravanned for the benefit of our melancholy English nature. 1978 J. Updike Coup i. 3 The barrelled oil is caravanned by camelback and treacherous truck to Dakar. 2013 EuroNews (Nexis) 28 Jan. Priceless cargoes were caravanned to and from all points of the compass. 2. a. intransitive. To travel in or as part of a caravan (in various senses).Now most common in U.S. use; cf. caravan n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > ride in a wheeled vehicle > in caravan caravan1868 trailer1974 1868 St. Pauls Aug. 557 The so-called England Elevens, which go caravaning about the country playing against two bowlers and twenty duffers for the benefit of some enterprising publican. 1909 R. Brooke Let. Sept. (1968) 184 Will you Caravan with me in the Spring, or Summer? 1963 Times 12 Mar. p. iv/1 Having caravanned all over this continent, he admitted that there is an awful lot of it to love. 2020 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 23 Dec. 3 b Those at the rally later caravanned to the governor's residence on Summit Avenue. b. intransitive. To live, or spend a holiday, in a caravan; to stay at a caravan park. ΚΠ 1953 Alton (Iowa) Democrat 14 May 8/3 One summer she caravanned in Louisiana with a Methodist Service project. 2016 H. Seddon Try not to Breathe (e-book ed.) 234 Until then, they'd just caravanned at Sandy Bay because they had always caravanned at Sandy Bay. 2020 TVEyes (Nexis) 6 Aug. We're caravanning on a dairy farm near Ashbourne and we just sat and watched a calf being born in the field in front of the caravan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1500v.1824
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