wagon
wagon [wagon wagons] BrE [ˈwæɡən] NAmE [ˈwæɡən] noun
1. (BrE) (NAmE ˈfreight car)a railway/railroad truck for carrying goods
2. (BrE also wag·gon)a vehicle with four wheels, pulled by horses or oxen and used for carrying heavy loads
3. (also cart) (both NAmE) (BrE trol·ley)a small table on very small wheels, used for carrying or serving food or drink
see also ↑bandwagon, ↑station wagon
Idiom: on the wagon
See also: ↑cart ▪ ↑freight car ▪ ↑trolley
Word Origin:
late 15th cent.: from Dutch wagen.
Example Bank:
•a long train of supply wagons
•covered wagons rolling across the prairies
•A hay wagon was winding slowly along the lane.
•Dust rose from a wagon train.
•He tried to hide in a container wagon.
•She told me to climb up onto the wagon.
•The statue was transported on a railway wagon.
•They travelled from Tennessee in a covered wagon.
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