covered wagonnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌkʌv.əd ˈwæɡ.ən//ˌkʌv.ɚd ˈwæɡ.ən/a large vehicle with four wheels and a high, covered frame that is pulled by horses or other animals, used in the past to transport people and goods to the western part of the US
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Carriages & carts
- brougham
- cab
- carriage
- cart
- chariot
- coach
- dogcart
- dray
- gondola
- hansom cab
- horse float
- horse-drawn
- horsebox
- ox-drawn
- sedan chair
- surrey
- trap
- trishaw
- wagon
- wagon train
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Examples from literature
- Along with these men were needed covered wagons, with which they carried tools, etc., and in which at night they slept.
- Directly below him, half-way between the ranges of hills, was a circle of covered wagons wheel to wheel.
- On her mattress, she had been tenderly installed in one of the two covered wagons that carried their household goods.
- They made the journey in covered wagons called "prairie-schooners," while their goods followed in peddlers' carts.
- We engage a strong covered wagon, with a good pair of horses and a driver, the latter only seventeen years old, but owner of the team, and carrying himself man-fashion, with the precocity of the Western youth.