WAGON
ADJECTIVES
► VECTARIOUS belonging to a wagon, coach, or any carriage → 1656
NOUNS
► AFTER-CLAP the canvas curtain hanging at the back of a wagon → 1913 S. Afr. (Bk.)
► AVALANCHE a spring wagon → 1859 Amer. dial.
► BARGE a horse-drawn wagon or sleigh used for transporting a large number of people → 1882 Amer. dial.
► BOOBY HATCH a wagon or sleigh with a removable hood → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CAR a wagon, cart, carriage, chariot, etc.→ 1382
► FARMER’S BOOTJACK a wagon wheel → 1942 Amer. dial.
► GRUB WAGON a chuck wagon → 1917 Amer. sl.
► GUT TRUCK a wagon or truck that hauls the carcasses of dead farm stock → 1983 Amer. sl.
► GUT-WAGON a wagon or truck that hauls the carcasses of dead farm stock → 1925 Amer. sl.
► HEAVY a stage wagon for the conveyance of goods → 1847
► MORMON BRAKES a tree tied behind a wagon to retard its speed downhill → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► PRAIRIE SCHOONER a covered wagon → 1858 Amer.
► QUILL-WHEEL a rickety wagon → 1892 Amer. dial.
► TILT an awning or cover for a wagon, usually of canvas or tarpaulin → 1620
► VARDO a wagon → 1812 cant obs.
► WAIN a wagon drawn by horses or oxen, for carrying heavy loads, esp. of agricultural produce → c1250
► WAINAGE the drawing of wagons → 1894 Eng. dial.
► WAINFUL as much as a wain will hold; a wain-load → 1713
► WAIN-THOFTS the seats in a wagon → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► COUNTRY HARRY a wagoner → 18C sl.
► TEAMER a wagoner or carter, who has the care of a team of horses → 1778
► TEAMERMAN a wagoner, carter, or driver of a teamer (a team of five horses) → 1855 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VARDO-GILL a wagoner → 1812 cant obs. (Bk.)
► WAINER a wagoner, the driver of a wain → a1500
► WAINMAN a wagoner, the driver of a wain → 1392 obs.
► WAINWRIGHT a wagon-builder → c1000
VERBS
► FILL to pull or draw a wagon or carriage → 1883 Amer. dial.
► KURVEY to carry goods in an ox wagon → 1873 S. Afr.
► WAIN to transport in a wain or carriage → c1200 obs.
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