| 单词 | germantown wagon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGermantown wagon In full Germantown wagon. A light, one-horse covered vehicle used chiefly for local travel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > light Germantown1766 dearborn1820 cart1823 wagon1837 springboard1857 runabout1863 buck-wagon1864 beach-wagon1869 buckboard1874 tonga1874 buck-cart1884 jutka1886 runabout wagon1886 1766 M. Clarkson Diary 6 Aug. in H. R. Schoolcraft Information Indian Tribes U.S. (1854) IV. vii. 266 Overtook our four Germantown wagons about twenty-six miles from Philadelphia. 1854 Friends' Rev. 7 459/1 This sum was appropriated to the purchase of a neat Germantown wagon and harness, a one-horse sleigh, and a donkey omnibus, all for the use of the patients. 1860 Charleston (S. Carolina) Mercury 6 Nov. 1/7 (advt.) Chaises, Carriages, Rockaways, Germantowns, Top Buggies, No Top Buggies, and Concord Wagons. 1885 H. C. McCook Tenants Old Farm 322 Farmers came in their buggies, germantowns and farm-waggons. 1919 Bull. Friends Hist. Soc. Philadelphia Nov. 52 Even apart from its revolutionary associations the Germantown Road will always be one of the historic highways of America. The home of Gilbert Stuart—the house where Louisa May Alcott was born—the place where Germantown wagons were first made. 1976 S. G. Wolf Urban Village (1980) i. iii. 102 The attempt to service the large number of Pennsylvania German farmers who were located inland..led to an important cart- and carriage-making industry in Germantown and the subsequent development of the so-called Germantown wagon. 2000 J. Callard Germantown, Mount Airy, & Chestnut Hill iii. 39 The lighter one-horse Germantown wagon could haul produce and livestock to market and it could also be driven to church. < as lemmas |
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