water wagon

wa′ter wag`on

n. a wagon used to transport water, as in military field operations or on a construction site. [1805–15]

Water wagon

A wagon carrying a large tank for holding water. Such wagons were used for hauling water to steam-powered threshing machines, and in small towns, for hauling drinking water to individual homes, where it would be stored in a Cistern.

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water wagon - a wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime)water waggonwaggon, wagon - any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor