NOUN | artifact | covered wagon, Conestoga wagon, Conestoga, prairie wagon, prairie schooner | a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top |
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Meaning | A large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century. | |
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Synonyms | Conestoga wagon, Conestoga, prairie wagon, prairie schooner | |
Member of | caravan, train, wagon train | A procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file |
Broader | wagon, waggon | Any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor |
Spanish | carromato |
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