wagonwaggonn.

Brit.

/ˈwaɡ(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈwæɡən/

Forms: 1500s wagan(e, waghen, wagen, 1500s–1600s waggen, 1600s waggin, 1500s– waggon, wagon.

Etymology: Early modern English wagan, waghen, < Dutch wagen (formerly also written waghen ) = Old English wægn wain n.¹In Dutch (as in German) wagen has always been the most general term for a wheeled vehicle; in the 16th cent. it was adopted into English in this wide sense (see 2 below) as well as in the specific military application (sense 1) learned in the continental wars. The English dictionaries of the 18th cent. have the spelling waggon , except Johnson, who gives wagon without remark, though all his examples have waggon . Todd 1818 prefers wagon for etymological reasons, but says that waggon is the prevailing form. Webster 1828 gives wagon , remarking that ‘the old orthography, waggon , seems to be falling into disuse’. Smart 1836 gives waggon as the current form, and wagon as ‘a disused spelling’. Stormonth 1884 and Cassell 1888 have waggon , wagon ; later dictionaries wagon either alone or in the first place. In Great Britain waggon is still very commonly used; in the U.S. it is rare. The English word has been adopted in French as wagon , vagon /vaɡɔ̃/ in the sense of ‘railway coach or carriage’, a meaning which is now obsolete in English (see quot. 1847 at sense 5b). So also German waggon (pronounced as French).

a. A strong four-wheeled vehicle designed for the transport of heavy goods. In Military use chiefly with qualifying word, as ambulance, ammunition, bread, forge wagon etc., for which see those words.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled)

wainc725

wagon1523

load wagon1659

freighter1885

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. (1812) I. lxii. 84 And whan these lordes sawe none other remedy, they trussed all their harnes in waganes [Fr. en voictures], and retourned to the hoost before Tourney.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xlvj^v The Flemmynges..made puruiaunce for wagans, vitaile and other thynges.

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. dj As, the force which one man hath with the Duche waghen Racke: therwith, to set vp agayne, a mighty waghen laden, being ouerthrowne.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. lvi. 188 The Phrygians invented first the waggon and charriot with foure wheeles [L. vehiculum cum quatuor rotis].

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xlv. 19 Take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wiues.

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre i. 4 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Theodoricus..went into Italy with all the Goths, putting their Wives and Children in Waggons, and all the Goods they could carry.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 439 The barren plaines Of Sericana, where Chineses drive With Sails and Wind thir canie Waggons light.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 335 And Waggons fraught with Utensils of war.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 105 Thy well-breath'd Horse..bred to Belgian Waggons .

1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. Introd. 30 From those Barges they [sc. the coals] are loaded into Carts and Waggons, to be carried to the respective Country Towns.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. ii. 32 The numerous waggons, that accompanied them, contained the rich spoils of the enemy.

1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) VI. 302 I shall endeavor to send you some spring and commissariat waggons.

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 75 They [the Indians] had dogged it [Captain Bonneville's party] for a time in secret, astonished at the long train of waggons and oxen.

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. i. 2 The waggons of a trader generally contain every requisite for a farmer's establishment.

b. transferred. (With capital initial.) The constellation Charles's Wain n.Quot. ?c1510 is from a work translated into English by a Fleming, and contains many Flemish words. The quot. therefore does not prove the existence of the word in English at the date of the book.

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the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Ursa Major > Charles's Wain

wainc888

Charles's Waina1000

sistersc1425

chariot1555

Triones1594

north car1633

northern car1697

wagon1867

?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Aiij^v The northe sayle sterre or pollumarticum, or the waghen called.]

1867 Chamb. Encycl. at Ursa major The common names throughout Europe for these seven stars are ‘the Plough’, ‘Charles's Wain’, ‘the Wagon’.

1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) Waggon and Horses. Ursa Major, the Great Bear.

†2.

a. A carriage of any kind for the conveyance of persons, their luggage, etc. Obsolete.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun]

carc1320

chara1400

charet?a1400

wagon1542

carry1600

rotan1676

messagerie1777

pillbox1789

bandy1791

Pennsylvania wagon1800

gharry1810

rath1813

vardo1819

rig1831

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 157^v Speusippus beeyng ympotente..was carryed in a wagen [L. vehiculo] towarde the schoole called Academia.

1555–6 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 253 One Wagon of tymbre work for Ladies and Gentlewomen of our Prevye Chamber.

1582 in T. Phillips Hist. & Antiq. Shrewsb. (1779) 46 This yeare 1582,..the right honorable Lady Mary Sidney came to thys towne of Salop, in her wagon.

1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Observ. in Wks. (1630) iii. 88/1 I appointed a Waggon ouer night to bee ready by three of the Clocke in the morning.

†b. A war-chariot; = chariot n. 1c. Obsolete.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > war chariot

charet1535

chariot1581

wagon1591

scythe-chariot1695

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Life Agricola in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. 244 Some cuntreyes make warre in wagons also [L. quædam nationes et curru præliantur].

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 30 Their fight is..with wagons and chariots [L. bigis et curribus].

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. §20. 206 He..sends his Brother Hagis with..a hundred armed waggons to entertaine him. Each waggon had in it foure to fight, and two to guide it.

†c. poetic. = car n.¹ 1b, chariot n. 1b. Obsolete.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > chariot

wainc1175

carc1350

chairc1374

chariotc1374

curre1483

wagon1582

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 48 And two stately lyons this fine dams gilt wagon haled.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E3^v Then to her yron wagon she betakes.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. 44 Whilst Phœbus pure In westerne waues his wearie wagon did recure.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. ii. 51 Prouide thee two proper palfrays, black as iet, To hale thy vengefull waggon swift away.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 61 The Poët stepping with Phaëton upon the waggon hath noted [etc.].

a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 111 The sunne in wagon makes th'horizon cleare.

3. An open four-wheeled vehicle built for carrying hay, corn, etc., consisting of a long body furnished with ‘shelboards’.In the 16th cent. apparently distinguished from wain.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) > with movable boards

wagon1573

lowry1865

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 14 Horse, oxen, plough, tumbrel, cart, waggen & wain.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 13 There stands my Heybarne, which hath in the vpper roomes my Hey, and beneath, Waynes, Cartes, Carres, Waggons, Coaches, [etc.].

1600 in W. F. Shaw Mem. Eastry (1870) 226 One wagon and wagon harnesse three plowes [etc.].

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 56 The tow'ring height Of Waggons, and the Cart's unweildy weight.

1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire I. 57 The Glocestershire waggon is..the best farm-waggon I have seen in the kingdom... The wheels run six inches wider than those of the Yorkshire waggon.

1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1831) ii. 16 Concealing their arms in waggons of hay.

1862 J. C. Morton Farmer's Cal. (ed. 2) 415 The carrying of our grain crops..is done differently in different districts. In the South the use of the two and three horse waggon is almost universal.

1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life vi. 115 A waggon..is the pride of the craftsman who builds it, and who is careful to reproduce the exact ‘lines’ which he learned from his master as an apprentice.

4. A covered vehicle for the regular conveyance of commodities and passengers by road. See also post-wagon n. (1677–), stage-wagon (1761–) s.v. stage n. Compounds 2.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > stagecoach or mail coach

posting carriage1556

wagon1615

post-coach1636

stagecoach1658

flying coach1669

stage1671

wagon-coach1675

stage-wagon1681

post-car1694

post-wagon1694

post calash1703

fly1708

post-carriage1720

post-stage1738

diligence1742

flying machine1764

machine1769

mail coach1785

dilly1786

mail stage1792

high-flyer1799

post-equipage1813

post vehicle1815

tally-ho coach1831

mail packeta1837

flying carriage1849

stager1852

mail-hack1909

1615 E. Howes Stow's Annales (new ed.) 867/2 In the yeere 1564 Guylliam Boonen, a dutchman,..brought the vse of Coaches into England... And about that time, began long wagons to come in vse, such as now come to London, from Canterbury, Norwich, Ipswich, Glocester, &c. with Passengers, and commodities.

1660 W. Dugdale Diary 13 Mar. in Life (1827) 105 My daughter Lettice went towards London in Coventre Waggon.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 57 I tooke Wagon for Dort.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 75 I went by Wagon..to Dynkirk.

1776 C. Powys Passages from Diaries Mrs. Powys (1899) 157 The two London waggons came in with sixteen and fourteen horses.

1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 16 July 354/1 A number of Waggons with Teams are wanted for the public service immediately.

1824 R. V. Barnewall & C. Cresswell Rep. Cases King's Bench 2 717 The following evidence..was then set out; that defendant was a common carrier, and that his waggon stopped in the parish of Elden.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. v. xxxvi. 11 She heard the rumbling of heavy wheels behind her, a covered waggon was coming, creeping slowly along.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xvi An express waggon with a driving seat.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xvi He is like to turn back..if he journeys with us in the waggon.

a. Mining. A truck used to convey minerals along the roadways of a mine, or from the mine to the place of shipment. (See also quot. 1886.)

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society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > vehicle for underground haulage or transportation

tram1517

wagon1649

rolley1817

buggy1867

barney1874

hod1883

whirley1886

shuttle car1905

manrider1967

scooptram1967

1649 W. Grey Chorographia 25 Waggons with one Horse to carry down Coales, from the Pits, to the Stathes, to the River, &c.

1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. Introd. 29 [The coals] are then loaded again into a great machine call'd a Waggon, which..goes..to the nearest River or Water-carriage.

1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) 51 Chaldron 53 cwt. The waggons which convey the coals from the pit to the place of shipment carry the above quantity, and are called chaldron waggons.

1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 148 Certain requirements, in connection with the raising of the mineral in the shafts..necessitate the use of particular kinds of waggon.

1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 70 Waggon, a measure of weight equal to 24 cwt. Coal sold for delivery in carts is usually sold by the waggon of 24 cwt.

b. An open truck or a closed van for the transport of goods on a railway. †Formerly applied also to the open carriages used for conveying passengers at the lowest fares, and as the general term for any kind of railway vehicle.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > running on wheels

wagon1756

society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage

rail wagon1824

railway wagon1824

wagon1825

car1826

railway car1828

railroad car1829

railcar1833

steam-car1833

road car1834

motor car1878

1756 A. Darby Diary 31 Jan. in Jrnl. Friends' Hist. Soc. (1913) 10 83 First Waggon of Pigs [sc. of iron] came down the Railway [in Coalbrookdale].

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 657 The weight of the engine and 16 waggons is equal to 154,560 lbs.

1840 F. Whishaw Railways Great Brit. & Ireland 493 The ordinary train would consist of two wagons, or trucks, of merchandise, &c. placed next to the engine, then the passenger-wagon [3rd class], and lastly the passenger-carriage.

1847 S. C. Brees Railw. Pract. 4th Ser. i. 1 The name of wagon is given to vehicles of every description employed on railways.

1872 A. Helps Life T. Brassey (1878) v. 77 A ‘set’ is a number of wagons—in fact, a train.

6. U.S. A light four-wheeled vehicle used for various business purposes; also, loosely, a similar vehicle used for pleasure. dearborn wagon n. see dearborn n.

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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

1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) v. 34 People soon began to assemble, some on foot, and others on horseback and in waggons.

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. xlv. 81 He had at St. Louis, purchased a very comfortable dearborn waggon.

1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xvii. 260 Will you take me out in the trotting waggon with Puck?

7. A covered four-wheeled vehicle used as a living house by gypsies, travelling showmen, travellers, etc.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > caravan

cart-house1603

caravan1805

house wagon1833

wagon1851

house trailer1885

caboose1912

mobile home1934

travel trailer1936

trailer home1940

static caravan1947

Dormobile1952

caravette1953

trailer house1954

motor home1961

double-wide1966

static1980

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other vehicles according to specific use > [noun] > vehicle used as living accommodation

van1829

house wagon1833

living wagon1851

wagon1851

motor-van1898

motor caravan1909

van1922

trailer caravan1930

trailer1931

caravanette1934

mobile home1934

travel trailer1936

trailer home1940

static caravan1947

recreational vehicle1949

van1952

trailer house1954

caravette1958

camper1960

pickup camper1960

motor home1961

caravan1962

cab-over1964

RV1967

manufactured home1976

micro-mini1989

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 329/1 He termed it, as all showmen do—the living wagon.

1886 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 298 The mess-waggon is always an important feature when an outfit starts on the ‘trail’.

1886 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 298 During a halt he never left the waggon, but hung around [etc.].

8. U.S. A baby-carriage.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > perambulator for child

mail-cart1767

baby carriage1825

carriage1829

go-cart1853

perambulator1853

pushcart1853

bassinet1855

baby buggy1862

buggy1862

gypsy cab1864

baby coach1866

pushcar1867

pram1881

wagon1887

pushchair1893

kiddy car1918

stroller1920

pusher1953

1847 [see wagon-frame n. at Compounds 1a].

1887 J. E. Cabot Mem. Emerson II. 282 The whole town assembled, down to the babies in their wagons.

a. Short for dinner wagon n. at dinner n. Compounds 3. Cf. wagon table n. at Compounds 2.

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the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > utensils for serving > tea-trolley

dinner wagon1826

tea-wagon1840

wagon table1844

wagon1906

silent butler1912

tea-trolley1937

1906 C. Mansfield Girl & Gods viii Margaret proceeded to cut the wire of a bottle, and then fetched glasses from a waggon.

b. Short for patrol wagon n. at patrol n. Compounds 2. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > for taking criminals to prison

prison van1829

van1829

felon's van1842

patrol wagon1873

wagon1890

1890 J. P. Quinn Fools of Fortune xii. 404 When a raid is made..enough ‘pluggers’ are captured to fill one or two wagons and are driven to the nearest police station with much clatter and display.

1926 J. Black You can't Win iv. 31 I'll phone for the wagon. We'll have to take them all to the station.

1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie x. 103 ‘I sent for the wagon,’ said the guy with the pipe. ‘We'll take them over to the third precinct and put them on ice.’

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c. slang. Short for water wagon n. 1a: see on the wagon at sense 11b.

d. Short for station wagon n. 3. Also more gen., a motor car (colloquial).

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun]

buggy1888

motor vehicle1890

motor carriage1894

autocar1895

jam jar1895

motor car1895

car1896

traction1896

motor1899

bubble1901

machine1901

Lizzie1913

buzz-wagon1914

road car1914

short1914

scooter1917

buzz-box1920

ride1930

drag1935

bus1939

wagon1955

wheels1959

sheen1968

low rider1974

scoot1977

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > estate car

beach-wagon1869

ranch wagon1879

shooting brake1912

sport utility1925

station wagon1929

carryall1932

sports utility1940

ute1943

utility1944

estate car1950

wagon1955

estate wagon1959

SUV1987

1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady vi. 90 ‘Is this the wagon?’ Amanda rose to meet the car.

1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 59 When he was ready to go, the wagon wouldn't start.

1975 ‘E. Lathen’ By Hook or by Crook xviii. 173 ‘Do you want to take my car, Paul?’..‘The wagon or the sports car?’

10. Bookbinding. ‘A tool having four edges of cane mounted in a frame, and used to trim the edges of gold-leaf to a size for a book’.

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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinding equipment > [noun] > tools

plough1580

fillet1641

roll1656

paper-folder1781

stamp1811

backing-hammer1818

bookstamp1819

lettering tool1833

book cutter1850

roller1852

hand letter1862

pallet1875

wagon1875

stop1880

jigger1883

gouge1885

guinea-edge1890

marbler1890

panel stamp1893

saddle stitcher1944

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.

11. Figurative phrases.

a. to hitch one's wagon to a star, to set oneself high aspirations; to aspire to another's admirable example.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > aspire [verb (intransitive)]

aspirec1460

to hitch one's wagon to a star1870

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 27 Hitch your wagon to a star. Let us not fag in paltry works... Work..for..justice, love, freedom, knowledge, utility.

1929 D. H. Lawrence Paintings 22 What you mentally or ‘consciously’ desire is nine times out of ten impossible: hitch your wagon to a star, and you'll just stay where you are.

1939 R. Boothby Let. 27 May in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1976) V. li. 1072 One of the few things in my life of which I am proud is that in all matters of major policy during the past 5 years I have hitched by waggon to your star.

1953 E. Waugh Love among Ruins i. 10 ‘The Minister of Welfare and the Minister of Rest and Culture,’ continued the Chief Guide. ‘The stars to which we have hitched our waggon.’

1978 J. Hyams Pool iv. 44 Overweight and sedentary, he was content to hitch his wagon to David's star.

b. on the wagon: abstaining from alcoholic drink, teetotal. See on the water wagon at water wagon n. 1b originally U.S.

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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [adjective] > total abstinence

water-drinking?1616

hydropotic1623

teetotal1834

teetotalling1839

water wagon1889

on the wagon1906

temperance1907

pussyfoot1919

bone-dry1920

T.T.1922

1906 B. L. Taylor Extra Dry 14 It is better to have been on and off the Wagon than never to have been on at all.

1917 J. M. Grider War Birds (1927) 23 Springs put him on the wagon for a week.

1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan xiv. 218 ‘Was he oiled when the accident happened?’ ‘No, he was on the wagon again.’

1951 L. Hellman Autumn Garden iii. 138 A few years ago I'd go on the wagon twice a year. Now..I don't care.

1976 L. Deighton Twinkle, twinkle, Little Spy viii. 83 They dug him out of a bar.., stoned out of his mind... He stayed on the wagon for years.

c. to fix (someone's) wagon, to bring about (a person's) downfall, to spoil (his) chances of success. Cf. fix v. 14c. U.S. slang.

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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > cause to fail

bringc1175

abort?1548

foil1548

ruin1593

to throw out1821

to put a person's pot on1864

mucker1869

collapse1883

to fix (someone's) wagon1951

1951 T. Capote Grass Harp i. 13 She said her brother would fix my wagon, which he did; right here at the corner of my mouth I've still got a scar where he hit me.

1959 J. D. Salinger in New Yorker 6 June 119/1 What ever became of that stalwart bore Fortinbras? Who eventually fixed his wagon?

1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xxvii. 322 At least he could fix Merlyn's wagon, Ford was beyond his reach. He tried getting her fixed by organizing a campaign of hate mail from fans.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

a. Attributive.

wagon-cover n.

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1781 Cal. Virginia State Papers I. 546 A number of wagon-covers, for the protection of military stores.

1832 Boston (Lincs.) Herald 31 July 1 A great Stock of lately-improved Waggon-Covers.

wagon-frame n.

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1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 190 Awhile to..mend his [sc. a child's] wicker wagon frame.

wagon-hire n.

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1553 in J. W. Burgon Life & Times T. Gresham (1839) I. iii. 141 And to [be] layd upon every waggon iij dry fatts, for the avoyding of the great charge of waggon-hyre.

1776 Jrnls. Continental Congr. 4 118 To George Benner, for waggon-hire.

1813 F. L. Claiborne in Sam Dale (1860) v. 90 Already the two hundred dollars advanced by the quarter-master have been expended for wagon-hire.

wagon-horse n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls wagon

wagon-horse1585

dray-horse1709

swing1869

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 40/2 Iumentum plaustrarium,..a cart horse, or waggon horse.

1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein II. ii. 59 A city-bred burgher of Ghent, Liege, or Ypres, is as distinct an animal from a knight of Hainault, as a Flanders waggon horse from a Spanish jennet.

wagon-ox n.

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1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton i. 7 The horns of the waggon-oxen.

wagon-pole n.

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1768 E. Holdsworth Remarks & Diss. Virgil 154 It is very common at this time, in several parts of Italy, to cover the end of the waggon-pole with plates of brass.

wagon-rut n.

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1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een wagen-leese, a Wagon-rut.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xv. 154 The new streets that had stopped disheartened in the mud and waggon-ruts.

wagon-sail n.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > cover or tilt

overlay1456

tillet1497

tilt1620

overlayer1811

sail1850

wagon-sail1850

coverture1856

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. vii. 140 These mats are also used instead of waggon-sails, and are very effectual in resisting both sun and rain.

1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign xvi. 419 We have put our waterproof sheets ready on going to bed, and sometimes have spread the waggon-sails over the waggons.

wagon-shed n.

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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Wagon-shed, a shelter for carts and wagons.

1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders I. iv. 51 The daylight revealed the whole of Mr. Melbury's homestead, of which the waggon-sheds had been an out-lying erection.

wagon-spoke n.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > spoke

spokec888

wagon-spoke1597

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 60 Her waggon spokes are made of spinners webs.

1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet ii. ii. 129 Her companion used the reversed pistol-butt against the wagon-spoke and the brass knuckles of the other two.

wagon-spoor n.

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1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 174 On reaching the road, I saw fresh wagon-spoor.

wagon-sprag n.

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1885 Times 31 Oct. 8/3 The railway servants..armed with sticks and wagon ‘spraggs’, then advanced upon the criminals' place of concealment.

wagon-tilt n.

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1831 On Planting (Libr. Useful Knowl.) vii. 90 The lower ends of ash poles cut from six to eighteen feet long... They are cleft for the use of the cooper, waggon-tilts, &c.

wagon-tongue n.

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1845 J. Palmer Jrnl. Trav. Rocky Mts. (1847) 18 Our pilot notified us that this would be our last opportunity to procure timber for axle trees, wagon tongues, etc.

1860 M. Reid Hunters' Feast (new ed.) xvii The breaking of our waggon-tongue..delayed our journey.

wagon-wheel n.

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1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. ii. 54 I will dismount and by thy waggon wheele, Trotte like a seruile footeman.

1860 R. W. Emerson Considerations in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 226 But who dares draw out the linchpin from the waggon-wheel?

wagon whip n.

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1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xiii. 324 Their rude drivers..began to debate precedence with their waggon-whips and quarter-staves.

b. Objective and objective genitive.

wagon builder n.

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1786 G. Washington Diaries III. 137 A compleat Wheel right, Waggon builder, and Plow and Hurdle maker.

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. i. 4 A captent waggon..requires the hand of a skilful waggon-builder.

wagon driver n.

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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Waggon dryuer, iugarius.

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. i. 15 A waggon-driver..a stout active Hottentot.

wagon maker n.

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1558 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 51 Skinners Sadlers waggen makers.

1873 J. Richards On Arrangem. Wood-working Factories 181 Wagon and carriage makers mainly use parallel iron vices.

wagon making n.

c. Instrumental.

wagon-travelling n.

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1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting viii. 304 The natural concomitants of wagon-travelling.

d. Similative.

wagon-shaped adj.

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1837 L. Hebert Engin. & Mech. Encycl. II. 742 The kind of boiler attached to this engine is of the waggon-shaped kind.

C2. Special combinations. Also wagon-head n., wagon-load n., wagon-way n.

wagon-bed n. the body of a wagon; (also) the bottom of the body.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > body

buck1673

bedc1700

wagon box1810

buckboard1839

wagon-bed1853

1853 A. S. Knight in Trans. Oregon Pioneer Assoc. (1933) 40 There is no ferry here and the men will have to make one out of the tightest wagon-bed.

1885 Howells in Cent. Mag. Sept. 672/1 In the grassy piazza two men had a humble show of figs and cakes for sale in their wagon-beds.

1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 179 For though the river was fordable with care, the water came over the waggon-bed.

wagon-boiler n. a form of engine-boiler (see quot.).

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > boiler > [noun] > types of

steam-boiler1805

boiler1818

generator1823

wagon-boiler1837

Cornish boiler1840

saddle boiler1840

French boiler1844

vomiting-boiler1844

water-tube boiler1850

feed-heater1864

Scotch boiler1877

cross-tubea1884

steamer1891

flash generator1903

flash steam generator1907

waste-heat boiler1930

1837 L. Hebert Engin. & Mech. Encycl. I. 197 Those known by the term of ‘waggon boilers’, from their shape, formed one of the many improvements of the steam engine introduced by Watt.

† wagon-borough n. [ < Dutch or German wagenburg] Obsolete a defensive enclosure or barricade formed of baggage-wagons placed close together.

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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > laager > [noun]

wagon-borough1548

corral1847

laager1941

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. F 1 b [Fearing a night attack we] entrenched our cariages and waggen-boorowe, had good skout without and sure watch within.

wagon boss n. North American the man in charge of a wagon-train; a wagon-master.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of wagon > man in charge of wagons

freighter1852

wagon-master1861

wagon boss1873

1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West 98 Our ‘wagon-boss’, absolute monarch of a train while on the road, rejoiced in the name of John Monkins.

1973 R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led i. vi. 92 The wagon boss is an important man. You don't talk to him, but when he talks to you, you keep your ears clean.

wagon-bow n. (see quot.).

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > cover or tilt > bow

wagon-bow1875

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wagon-bow, an arched-shaped slat with its ends planted in staples on the wagon-bed sides. Used to elevate the tilt or cover.

wagon box n. (a) U.S. the body of a wagon; a wagon-bed; (b) a large storage chest, usually kept under the front seat of a wagon (also used as an article of domestic furniture).

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > chest of drawers > [noun] > other types of

foot-gang1530

lobby chest1803

wagon box1810

wagon chest1827

bahut1840

Wellington chest1880

tansu1885

mule chest1911

Wellington1936

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > storage under seat

wagon box1810

wagon chest1827

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > body

buck1673

bedc1700

wagon box1810

buckboard1839

wagon-bed1853

1810 in E. C. Barker Austin Papers (1924) I. i. 168 13 Wagon Boxes.

1815 Niles' Weekly Reg. 9 94/2 Waggon boxes and hollow ware of all kinds.

1850 L. Sawyer Way Sketches 30 We have found no wood since we struck the Platte, except fragments of wagon boxes..brought..by emigrants who have preceded us.

1852 M. B. Hudson S. Afr. Frontier Life I. 206 We come to a door's been off a long while, Near to which stands a wagon-box sacred to books.

1853 V. Williams in Trans. Oregon Pioneer Assoc. (1922) 196 A number of other wagon boxes have been ripped for skiffs and ply singly.

1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xx. 327 The boy climbed out of the rear of the wagon-box and begged to go with them.

1888 C. D. Ferguson Experiences of Forty-niner 63 A wagon box, well corked and pitched so as to be water tight, was launched.

a1918 G. Stuart 40 Years on Frontier (1925) I. 39 In the wagon boxes we carried our supply of food and extra clothing.

1946 G. Foreman Last Trek of Indians 250 The camp was devastated by a tornado that carried wagon boxes, camp equipage, and some of the people through the air.

1969 N. W. Parsons Upon Sagebrush Harp i. 2 The double wagon box on the stoneboat was our own, and it was full of our household goods.

wagon-breast n. U.S. a breast or working place in a coal-mine in which the wagons are taken up to the working face.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > other places in mine

work1474

firework1606

stemple1653

stool1653

bink1675

engine pit1687

swamp1691

feeder1702

wall1728

bag1742

sill1747

stope1747

rose cistern1778

striking-house1824

plat1828

stemplar1828

screen chamber1829

offtake1835

footwall1837

triple pit1839

stamp1849

paddock1852

working floor1858

pit house1866

ground-sluice1869

screen tower1871

planilla1877

undercurrent1877

mill1878

blanket-sluice1881

stringing-deal1881

wagon-breast1881

brushing-bed1883

poppet-leg1890

slippet1898

stable1906

overcut1940

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 190 Wagon-breast. A breast into which wagons can be taken.

wagon-ceiling n. Architecture (see quot.).

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > ceiling > [noun] > types of

lacec1330

plancher1561

concameration1644

fasciaa1652

laqueary1656

cant-ceiling1688

laquear1706

string-piece1789

coved ceiling1796

concha1832

false ceiling1870

wagon-ceiling1875

suspended ceiling1933

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 475/2 Waggon-Ceiling, a boarded roof of the Tudor time, either of semicircular or polygonal section. It is boarded with thin oak, and ornamented with mouldings forming panels, and with loops at the intersections.

wagon chest n. = wagon box n. (b).

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > chest of drawers > [noun] > other types of

foot-gang1530

lobby chest1803

wagon box1810

wagon chest1827

bahut1840

Wellington chest1880

tansu1885

mule chest1911

Wellington1936

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > storage under seat

wagon box1810

wagon chest1827

1827 G. Thompson Trav. S. Afr. ii. i. 325 A couple of waggon-chests.

1968 S. Stander Horse 75 He sat on the wagon-chest.

† wagon-coach n. Obsolete = post-wagon n.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > stagecoach or mail coach

posting carriage1556

wagon1615

post-coach1636

stagecoach1658

flying coach1669

stage1671

wagon-coach1675

stage-wagon1681

post-car1694

post-wagon1694

post calash1703

fly1708

post-carriage1720

post-stage1738

diligence1742

flying machine1764

machine1769

mail coach1785

dilly1786

mail stage1792

high-flyer1799

post-equipage1813

post vehicle1815

tally-ho coach1831

mail packeta1837

flying carriage1849

stager1852

mail-hack1909

1675 London Gaz. No. 1047/4 Lost..out of the Waggon-Coach, passing from Hertford to London, a Letter.

a1680 Lady Fanshawe in Lady Halkett & Lady Fanshawe Mem. (1979) 139 We hired a waggon coach, for ther' is no other at Callais.

wagon-corps n. Military = Corps of Wagoners at wagoner n.¹ 1a.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > administration and supply branches

baggage1603

field train1692

Corps of Wagoners1802

wagon-corps1810

subsistence department1820

baggage-train1841

rear echelon1852

Control Department1867

Army Service Corps1869

A.S.C.1871

pay corps1876

Q1916

echelon1922

1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. Corps of Wagoners, or royal Wagon corps.

1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited ix. 279 The Austrian waggon corps.

wagon-coupling n. (see quot.).

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > coupling

shackle1343

wain-shackle1559

head block1851

wagon-coupling1875

thill-coupling1877

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wagon-coupling, one for attaching the hind axle to the fore.

wagon-drag n. a shoebrake for a wagon.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > skid or lock to retard motion

trigger1591

drug1638

trigen1659

skid1766

drag1795

remskoen1816

slipper1827

shoe1837

sledge1839

hub1856

rough lock1858

spoke1858

wagon-drag1875

wagon-lock1875

wheel-lock1875

sprag1878

slipper-drag1883

slipper-brake1884

shod1893

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wagon-drag.

wagon-drift n. South African a passage for wagons across a river.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > place where something may be crossed > fordable place

passing placea1540

going-over1650

fordage1728

passing1825

fording1833

wagon-drift1850

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. II. xxx. 284 We held thither at a sharp trot, holding for the old waggon drift.

wagon-gallery n. a gallery in a mine along which the wagons run.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > for conveying coal, etc.

pithead1662

wagon-way1727

wagon-gallery1839

jig1866

up-brow1867

jig-brow1877

jinny-road1877

plane1877

chain road1883

loader gate1964

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 853 The ores are raised in these shafts to the level of the waggon-gallery (galerie de roulage) by the whims provided with ropes and buckets.

wagon-hammer n. (see quot.).

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > swingle-tree > parts or attachments of

roller bolt1796

wagon-hammer1875

tree-coupling1877

tree-iron1877

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wagon-hammer, the vertical bolt which connects the double-tree to the tongue, and upon which the double-tree swings.

wagon-house n. a house, shed or shelter for wagons.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > cart- or coach house

cart-house1483

wain-house1569

wagon-house1648

coach-house1679

remise1698

chaise-house1812

carriage house1883

cart-lodge1888

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een wagen-huys, a wagon-house.

1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 i. 79/2 He..made him up a bed of straw in the waggon, under the waggon-house.

1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders I. iii. 33 This erection was the waggon-house of the chief man of business.

† wagon-hunter n. Cant Obsolete an agent of a brothel keeper who for base purposes visited the inns at which the stage-wagons stopped.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > pimp > visiting stagecoach inns

wagon-hunterc1766

c1766 Cheats of London Exposed 46 Waggon-hunters.

wagon-jack n. (see quot.).

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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > jacks

screw1404

scalet1640

German devil1670

Jack1679

screw jack1719

spring-jack1724

jackscrew?1735

crick1775

fence-jack1874

swing-jack1875

wagon-jack1875

windlass-jack1875

truck-jack1877

setter1895

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wagon-jack, one for lifting the wheels of a wagon clear of the ground.

wagon-lock n. (see quot.).

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trigger1591

drug1638

trigen1659

skid1766

drag1795

remskoen1816

slipper1827

shoe1837

sledge1839

hub1856

rough lock1858

spoke1858

wagon-drag1875

wagon-lock1875

wheel-lock1875

sprag1878

slipper-drag1883

slipper-brake1884

shod1893

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wagon-lock, a device to bring a friction on the wheels of a wagon to retard its motion in descending hills.

wagon-man n. the driver of a wagon, a wagoner.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of wagon

wainman1392

wainera1500

wagoner1544

wagon-man1589

1589 M. Philips in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 577 The wagon man that had charge of me set an Indian carpenter a worke to mend the wheele.

1764 London Mag. Mar. 144/2 What the waggon-men call a bye-way, made for the unloaded waggons to be drawn to the pitts.

wagon-master n. a person who has charge of one or more wagons; spec. (Military) an officer commanding the wagon-train.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > wagon-master

carriage master1570

wagon-master1645

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of wagon > man in charge of wagons

freighter1852

wagon-master1861

wagon boss1873

1645 in Papers rel. Army Solemn League & Cov. (S.H.S.) II. 502 Waggonm^rs of the Army.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 163/2 Wagonmaster generall 10 s. per diem.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 164/1 The Waggon maister 5 s. Waggoners each 2 s.

1757 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 492 The commissary used to act as wagon-master.

1775 Jrnls. Continental Congr. 3 329 There is due to Robert Erwin, waggon master, the sum of 169 pounds.

1847 in W. H. Emory Notes Mil. Reconnaissance 546 Our successful passage over was entirely due to the perseverance and good management of the wagon-master.

1861 U.S. Army Regul. 149 No wagon-master or forage-master shall be interested..in any wagon or other means of transport employed by the United States.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 17 June 1- c/5 Actor John MacIntire, known as wagonmaster on the television program, ‘Wagon Train’.

wagon-road n. a road for the passage of wagons; spec. in Coal Mining, a prepared road or railway for the haulage of wagons.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > for carts

cart-way1362

wain-way1579

cart-gate1594

wain-gate1596

cart-road1607

wagon-road1748

wagon-way1764

1748 Pennsylvania Gaz. 15 Sept. 4/1 (advt.) At the other end of the brew-house there is a large waggon road.

1884 R. Jefferies Life of Fields 58 A white butterfly follows along the waggon-road.

1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 371 Assisting the pioneers to make the waggon road.

wagon-roof n. = wagon-vault n.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > types of roof generally

vaulta1387

plat-roofa1425

pend1454

faunsere1460

compassed roofa1552

terrace1572

sotie1578

crown1588

arch-roof1594

arch1609

under-roof1611

concameration1644

voltoa1660

hip roof1663

French roof1669

oversail1673

jerkinhead1703

mansard1704

curb-roof1733

shed roof1736

gable roof1759

gambrel roof1761

living roof1792

pent roof1794

span-roof1823

wagon-head1823

azotea1824

rafter roof1825

rooflet1825

wagon-vault1835

bell-roof1842

spire-roof1842

cradle-roof1845

packsaddle roof1845

open roof1847

umbrella roof1847

gambrel1848

packsaddle1848

compass-roof1849

saddleback1849

saddle roof1850

curbed roof1866

wagon-roof1866

saw-tooth roof1900

trough roof1905

skillion roof1911

north-light roof1923

shell roof1954

green roof1984

knee-roof-

1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xi. 151 The low wagon-roofs of the cross-naves.

1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West I. ii. 35 In a good many cases the waggon roofs are but ceiled cradle roofs.

wagon table n. (see quot. and sense 9 above).

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the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > utensils for serving > tea-trolley

dinner wagon1826

tea-wagon1840

wagon table1844

wagon1906

silent butler1912

tea-trolley1937

1844 T. Webster & F. Parkes Encycl. Domest. Econ. 240 Moving sideboards, or waggon tables.

wagon-tent n. South African the tent-like canopy of a covered wagon.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > covered

covered wagon1745

wagon-tent1845

1845 Cape of Good Hope Almanac (advt.) Country people can be supplied with..3-inch Canvas for wagontents.

1926 P. Smith Beadle 59 The women wore stiffly starched plain white sun-bonnets, like miniature wagon-tents.

1955 W. Robertson Blue Wagon viii. 72 I was in the wagon-tent when those kaffirs came.

wagon-tipper n. (see quot.).

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > parts of > tilting device

wagon-tipper1875

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wagon-tipper, a device for tilting a wagon in order to dump its load.

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wagon-top n. the part of a locomotive-boiler, over the fire-box, which is elevated above the rest of the shell to provide greater steam-room ( Cent. Dict. 1891).

wagon-track n. the track made by the passage of wagons.

ΚΠ

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. II. xx. 76 The larger of these caves is situated on the west side of the waggon-track.

1884 R. Jefferies Life of Fields 57 Leverets play in the waggon-track.

wagon-train n. Military a train, collection, or service of transport wagons; also, a train of wagons used by colonial settlers.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > train of

wagon-train1810

wagonage1864

1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) VI. 302 I shall endeavor to send you..some horses and drivers belonging to the waggon train.

1888 J. C. Harris Free Joe 181 For years and years before the war it had been noted as the meeting-place of the waggon-trains by means of which the planters transported their produce to market.

wagon-tree n. = wagenboom n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > protea or sugar-bush

sugar-tree1705

wagenboom1790

suikerbos1818

sugar-bush1822

wagon-tree1822

Protea1824

blushing bride1917

1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 123 (heading) The Waggon-tree.

wagon-vault n. (see quot. 1892).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > types of roof generally

vaulta1387

plat-roofa1425

pend1454

faunsere1460

compassed roofa1552

terrace1572

sotie1578

crown1588

arch-roof1594

arch1609

under-roof1611

concameration1644

voltoa1660

hip roof1663

French roof1669

oversail1673

jerkinhead1703

mansard1704

curb-roof1733

shed roof1736

gable roof1759

gambrel roof1761

living roof1792

pent roof1794

span-roof1823

wagon-head1823

azotea1824

rafter roof1825

rooflet1825

wagon-vault1835

bell-roof1842

spire-roof1842

cradle-roof1845

packsaddle roof1845

open roof1847

umbrella roof1847

gambrel1848

packsaddle1848

compass-roof1849

saddleback1849

saddle roof1850

curbed roof1866

wagon-roof1866

saw-tooth roof1900

trough roof1905

skillion roof1911

north-light roof1923

shell roof1954

green roof1984

knee-roof-

1835 R. Willis Remarks Archit. Middle Ages vii. 72 Amongst the various forms of vaulted apartments..rectangles are of frequent occurrence, and these for the most part are covered with a waggon vault.

1892 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Waggon roof or vault. A roof, semicircular in section, but somewhat higher than a semicircle or barrel roof, by rising from vertical sides.

wagon-vaulted adj.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > roofed > in specific manner > specific

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1835 R. Willis Remarks Archit. Middle Ages vii. 68 Waggon-vaulted apartments.

wagon-work n. the construction and repair of wagons.

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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > [noun] > wagon- or coach-making

coach-making1615

wagon-work1850

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > making or repair of carts or carriages

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1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. i. 16 Several coarse chisels for waggon-work.

1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 378 Wood tough, used chiefly for wagon-work.

wagon-wright n. a maker or repairer of wagons; a wainwright.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > making or repair of carts or carriages > one who

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of wheels or wheeled vehicles

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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Wagon-wright, a maker and mender of wagons.

1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (Newcastle Terms) 66 Waggonwright, a man who makes and repairs the chaldron waggons.

wagon-yard n. a depôt for wagons used on a road or railway.

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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > station > yard

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1827 E. Mackenzie Descr. & Hist. Acct. Newcastle II. 722 A waggon set out for London from the general waggon-yard..every day.

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Originally U.S. off the wagon: (esp. of a habitual drinker) consuming alcohol again after a period of abstinence; no longer sober or abstemious; esp. in to fall off the wagon. Also in extended use, with reference to relapse into any harmful habit. See also water wagon n. 1b.

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1906 B. L. Taylor Extra Dry 14 It is better to have been on and off the Wagon than never to have been on at all.

1911 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Jan. 88 I'm considering whether to fall off the wagon with a splash that'll drown Doc Williams.

1935 Esquire Mar. 120/2 He always tumbled off the wagon right when he was needed most. Just one little snort for a bracer, then he was lost.

1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 10 She hadn't done any serious drugs for three and a half years and all of a sudden..she'd fallen off the wagon.

2017 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 Feb. 32 I had expected to be demanding..a glass of chardonnay to salute being off the wagon—but..I wasn't fussed.

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单词	wagon
释义	wagonwaggonn. Brit. /ˈwaɡ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈwæɡən/ Forms: 1500s wagan(e, waghen, wagen, 1500s–1600s waggen, 1600s waggin, 1500s– waggon, wagon. Etymology: Early modern English wagan, waghen, < Dutch wagen (formerly also written waghen ) = Old English wægn wain n.¹In Dutch (as in German) wagen has always been the most general term for a wheeled vehicle; in the 16th cent. it was adopted into English in this wide sense (see 2 below) as well as in the specific military application (sense 1) learned in the continental wars. The English dictionaries of the 18th cent. have the spelling waggon , except Johnson, who gives wagon without remark, though all his examples have waggon . Todd 1818 prefers wagon for etymological reasons, but says that waggon is the prevailing form. Webster 1828 gives wagon , remarking that ‘the old orthography, waggon , seems to be falling into disuse’. Smart 1836 gives waggon as the current form, and wagon as ‘a disused spelling’. Stormonth 1884 and Cassell 1888 have waggon , wagon ; later dictionaries wagon either alone or in the first place. In Great Britain waggon is still very commonly used; in the U.S. it is rare. The English word has been adopted in French as wagon , vagon /vaɡɔ̃/ in the sense of ‘railway coach or carriage’, a meaning which is now obsolete in English (see quot. 1847 at sense 5b). So also German waggon (pronounced as French). 1. a. A strong four-wheeled vehicle designed for the transport of heavy goods. In Military use chiefly with qualifying word, as ambulance, ammunition, bread, forge wagon etc., for which see those words. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) wainc725 wagon1523 load wagon1659 freighter1885 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. (1812) I. lxii. 84 And whan these lordes sawe none other remedy, they trussed all their harnes in waganes [Fr. en voictures], and retourned to the hoost before Tourney. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xlvj^v The Flemmynges..made puruiaunce for wagans, vitaile and other thynges. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. dj As, the force which one man hath with the Duche waghen Racke: therwith, to set vp agayne, a mighty waghen laden, being ouerthrowne. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. lvi. 188 The Phrygians invented first the waggon and charriot with foure wheeles [L. vehiculum cum quatuor rotis]. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xlv. 19 Take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wiues. View more context for this quotation 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre i. 4 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Theodoricus..went into Italy with all the Goths, putting their Wives and Children in Waggons, and all the Goods they could carry. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 439 The barren plaines Of Sericana, where Chineses drive With Sails and Wind thir canie Waggons light. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 335 And Waggons fraught with Utensils of war. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 105 Thy well-breath'd Horse..bred to Belgian Waggons . View more context for this quotation 1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. Introd. 30 From those Barges they [sc. the coals] are loaded into Carts and Waggons, to be carried to the respective Country Towns. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. ii. 32 The numerous waggons, that accompanied them, contained the rich spoils of the enemy. 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) VI. 302 I shall endeavor to send you some spring and commissariat waggons. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 75 They [the Indians] had dogged it [Captain Bonneville's party] for a time in secret, astonished at the long train of waggons and oxen. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. i. 2 The waggons of a trader generally contain every requisite for a farmer's establishment. b. transferred. (With capital initial.) The constellation Charles's Wain n.Quot. ?c1510 is from a work translated into English by a Fleming, and contains many Flemish words. The quot. therefore does not prove the existence of the word in English at the date of the book. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Ursa Major > Charles's Wain wainc888 Charles's Waina1000 sistersc1425 chariot1555 Triones1594 north car1633 northern car1697 wagon1867 ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Aiij^v The northe sayle sterre or pollumarticum, or the waghen called.] 1867 Chamb. Encycl. at Ursa major The common names throughout Europe for these seven stars are ‘the Plough’, ‘Charles's Wain’, ‘the Wagon’. 1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) Waggon and Horses. Ursa Major, the Great Bear. †2. a. A carriage of any kind for the conveyance of persons, their luggage, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] carc1320 chara1400 charet?a1400 wagon1542 carry1600 rotan1676 messagerie1777 pillbox1789 bandy1791 Pennsylvania wagon1800 gharry1810 rath1813 vardo1819 rig1831 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 157^v Speusippus beeyng ympotente..was carryed in a wagen [L. vehiculo] towarde the schoole called Academia. 1555–6 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 253 One Wagon of tymbre work for Ladies and Gentlewomen of our Prevye Chamber. 1582 in T. Phillips Hist. & Antiq. Shrewsb. (1779) 46 This yeare 1582,..the right honorable Lady Mary Sidney came to thys towne of Salop, in her wagon. 1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Observ. in Wks. (1630) iii. 88/1 I appointed a Waggon ouer night to bee ready by three of the Clocke in the morning. †b. A war-chariot; = chariot n. 1c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > war chariot charet1535 chariot1581 wagon1591 scythe-chariot1695 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Life Agricola in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. 244 Some cuntreyes make warre in wagons also [L. quædam nationes et curru præliantur]. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 30 Their fight is..with wagons and chariots [L. bigis et curribus]. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. §20. 206 He..sends his Brother Hagis with..a hundred armed waggons to entertaine him. Each waggon had in it foure to fight, and two to guide it. †c. poetic. = car n.¹ 1b, chariot n. 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > chariot wainc1175 carc1350 chairc1374 chariotc1374 curre1483 wagon1582 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 48 And two stately lyons this fine dams gilt wagon haled. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E3^v Then to her yron wagon she betakes. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. 44 Whilst Phœbus pure In westerne waues his wearie wagon did recure. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. ii. 51 Prouide thee two proper palfrays, black as iet, To hale thy vengefull waggon swift away. View more context for this quotation 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 61 The Poët stepping with Phaëton upon the waggon hath noted [etc.]. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 111 The sunne in wagon makes th'horizon cleare. 3. An open four-wheeled vehicle built for carrying hay, corn, etc., consisting of a long body furnished with ‘shelboards’.In the 16th cent. apparently distinguished from wain. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) > with movable boards wagon1573 lowry1865 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 14 Horse, oxen, plough, tumbrel, cart, waggen & wain. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 13 There stands my Heybarne, which hath in the vpper roomes my Hey, and beneath, Waynes, Cartes, Carres, Waggons, Coaches, [etc.]. 1600 in W. F. Shaw Mem. Eastry (1870) 226 One wagon and wagon harnesse three plowes [etc.]. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 56 The tow'ring height Of Waggons, and the Cart's unweildy weight. View more context for this quotation 1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire I. 57 The Glocestershire waggon is..the best farm-waggon I have seen in the kingdom... The wheels run six inches wider than those of the Yorkshire waggon. 1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1831) ii. 16 Concealing their arms in waggons of hay. 1862 J. C. Morton Farmer's Cal. (ed. 2) 415 The carrying of our grain crops..is done differently in different districts. In the South the use of the two and three horse waggon is almost universal. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life vi. 115 A waggon..is the pride of the craftsman who builds it, and who is careful to reproduce the exact ‘lines’ which he learned from his master as an apprentice. 4. A covered vehicle for the regular conveyance of commodities and passengers by road. See also post-wagon n. (1677–), stage-wagon (1761–) s.v. stage n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > stagecoach or mail coach posting carriage1556 wagon1615 post-coach1636 stagecoach1658 flying coach1669 stage1671 wagon-coach1675 stage-wagon1681 post-car1694 post-wagon1694 post calash1703 fly1708 post-carriage1720 post-stage1738 diligence1742 flying machine1764 machine1769 mail coach1785 dilly1786 mail stage1792 high-flyer1799 post-equipage1813 post vehicle1815 tally-ho coach1831 mail packeta1837 flying carriage1849 stager1852 mail-hack1909 1615 E. Howes Stow's Annales (new ed.) 867/2 In the yeere 1564 Guylliam Boonen, a dutchman,..brought the vse of Coaches into England... And about that time, began long wagons to come in vse, such as now come to London, from Canterbury, Norwich, Ipswich, Glocester, &c. with Passengers, and commodities. 1660 W. Dugdale Diary 13 Mar. in Life (1827) 105 My daughter Lettice went towards London in Coventre Waggon. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 57 I tooke Wagon for Dort. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 75 I went by Wagon..to Dynkirk. 1776 C. Powys Passages from Diaries Mrs. Powys (1899) 157 The two London waggons came in with sixteen and fourteen horses. 1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 16 July 354/1 A number of Waggons with Teams are wanted for the public service immediately. 1824 R. V. Barnewall & C. Cresswell Rep. Cases King's Bench 2 717 The following evidence..was then set out; that defendant was a common carrier, and that his waggon stopped in the parish of Elden. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. v. xxxvi. 11 She heard the rumbling of heavy wheels behind her, a covered waggon was coming, creeping slowly along. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xvi An express waggon with a driving seat. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xvi He is like to turn back..if he journeys with us in the waggon. 5. a. Mining. A truck used to convey minerals along the roadways of a mine, or from the mine to the place of shipment. (See also quot. 1886.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > vehicle for underground haulage or transportation tram1517 wagon1649 rolley1817 buggy1867 barney1874 hod1883 whirley1886 shuttle car1905 manrider1967 scooptram1967 1649 W. Grey Chorographia 25 Waggons with one Horse to carry down Coales, from the Pits, to the Stathes, to the River, &c. 1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. Introd. 29 [The coals] are then loaded again into a great machine call'd a Waggon, which..goes..to the nearest River or Water-carriage. 1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) 51 Chaldron 53 cwt. The waggons which convey the coals from the pit to the place of shipment carry the above quantity, and are called chaldron waggons. 1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 148 Certain requirements, in connection with the raising of the mineral in the shafts..necessitate the use of particular kinds of waggon. 1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 70 Waggon, a measure of weight equal to 24 cwt. Coal sold for delivery in carts is usually sold by the waggon of 24 cwt. b. An open truck or a closed van for the transport of goods on a railway. †Formerly applied also to the open carriages used for conveying passengers at the lowest fares, and as the general term for any kind of railway vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > running on wheels wagon1756 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage rail wagon1824 railway wagon1824 wagon1825 car1826 railway car1828 railroad car1829 railcar1833 steam-car1833 road car1834 motor car1878 1756 A. Darby Diary 31 Jan. in Jrnl. Friends' Hist. Soc. (1913) 10 83 First Waggon of Pigs [sc. of iron] came down the Railway [in Coalbrookdale]. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 657 The weight of the engine and 16 waggons is equal to 154,560 lbs. 1840 F. Whishaw Railways Great Brit. & Ireland 493 The ordinary train would consist of two wagons, or trucks, of merchandise, &c. placed next to the engine, then the passenger-wagon [3rd class], and lastly the passenger-carriage. 1847 S. C. Brees Railw. Pract. 4th Ser. i. 1 The name of wagon is given to vehicles of every description employed on railways. 1872 A. Helps Life T. Brassey (1878) v. 77 A ‘set’ is a number of wagons—in fact, a train. 6. U.S. A light four-wheeled vehicle used for various business purposes; also, loosely, a similar vehicle used for pleasure. dearborn wagon n. see dearborn n. 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 1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) v. 34 People soon began to assemble, some on foot, and others on horseback and in waggons. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. xlv. 81 He had at St. Louis, purchased a very comfortable dearborn waggon. 1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xvii. 260 Will you take me out in the trotting waggon with Puck? 7. A covered four-wheeled vehicle used as a living house by gypsies, travelling showmen, travellers, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > caravan cart-house1603 caravan1805 house wagon1833 wagon1851 house trailer1885 caboose1912 mobile home1934 travel trailer1936 trailer home1940 static caravan1947 Dormobile1952 caravette1953 trailer house1954 motor home1961 double-wide1966 static1980 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other vehicles according to specific use > [noun] > vehicle used as living accommodation van1829 house wagon1833 living wagon1851 wagon1851 motor-van1898 motor caravan1909 van1922 trailer caravan1930 trailer1931 caravanette1934 mobile home1934 travel trailer1936 trailer home1940 static caravan1947 recreational vehicle1949 van1952 trailer house1954 caravette1958 camper1960 pickup camper1960 motor home1961 caravan1962 cab-over1964 RV1967 manufactured home1976 micro-mini1989 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 329/1 He termed it, as all showmen do—the living wagon. 1886 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 298 The mess-waggon is always an important feature when an outfit starts on the ‘trail’. 1886 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 298 During a halt he never left the waggon, but hung around [etc.]. 8. U.S. A baby-carriage. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > perambulator for child mail-cart1767 baby carriage1825 carriage1829 go-cart1853 perambulator1853 pushcart1853 bassinet1855 baby buggy1862 buggy1862 gypsy cab1864 baby coach1866 pushcar1867 pram1881 wagon1887 pushchair1893 kiddy car1918 stroller1920 pusher1953 1847 [see wagon-frame n. at Compounds 1a]. 1887 J. E. Cabot Mem. Emerson II. 282 The whole town assembled, down to the babies in their wagons. 9. a. Short for dinner wagon n. at dinner n. Compounds 3. Cf. wagon table n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > utensils for serving > tea-trolley dinner wagon1826 tea-wagon1840 wagon table1844 wagon1906 silent butler1912 tea-trolley1937 1906 C. Mansfield Girl & Gods viii Margaret proceeded to cut the wire of a bottle, and then fetched glasses from a waggon. b. Short for patrol wagon n. at patrol n. Compounds 2. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > for taking criminals to prison prison van1829 van1829 felon's van1842 patrol wagon1873 wagon1890 1890 J. P. Quinn Fools of Fortune xii. 404 When a raid is made..enough ‘pluggers’ are captured to fill one or two wagons and are driven to the nearest police station with much clatter and display. 1926 J. Black You can't Win iv. 31 I'll phone for the wagon. We'll have to take them all to the station. 1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie x. 103 ‘I sent for the wagon,’ said the guy with the pipe. ‘We'll take them over to the third precinct and put them on ice.’ Categories » c. slang. Short for water wagon n. 1a: see on the wagon at sense 11b. d. Short for station wagon n. 3. Also more gen., a motor car (colloquial). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] buggy1888 motor vehicle1890 motor carriage1894 autocar1895 jam jar1895 motor car1895 car1896 traction1896 motor1899 bubble1901 machine1901 Lizzie1913 buzz-wagon1914 road car1914 short1914 scooter1917 buzz-box1920 ride1930 drag1935 bus1939 wagon1955 wheels1959 sheen1968 low rider1974 scoot1977 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > estate car beach-wagon1869 ranch wagon1879 shooting brake1912 sport utility1925 station wagon1929 carryall1932 sports utility1940 ute1943 utility1944 estate car1950 wagon1955 estate wagon1959 SUV1987 1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady vi. 90 ‘Is this the wagon?’ Amanda rose to meet the car. 1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 59 When he was ready to go, the wagon wouldn't start. 1975 ‘E. Lathen’ By Hook or by Crook xviii. 173 ‘Do you want to take my car, Paul?’..‘The wagon or the sports car?’ 10. Bookbinding. ‘A tool having four edges of cane mounted in a frame, and used to trim the edges of gold-leaf to a size for a book’. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinding equipment > [noun] > tools plough1580 fillet1641 roll1656 paper-folder1781 stamp1811 backing-hammer1818 bookstamp1819 lettering tool1833 book cutter1850 roller1852 hand letter1862 pallet1875 wagon1875 stop1880 jigger1883 gouge1885 guinea-edge1890 marbler1890 panel stamp1893 saddle stitcher1944 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 11. Figurative phrases. a. to hitch one's wagon to a star, to set oneself high aspirations; to aspire to another's admirable example. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > aspire [verb (intransitive)] aspirec1460 to hitch one's wagon to a star1870 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 27 Hitch your wagon to a star. Let us not fag in paltry works... Work..for..justice, love, freedom, knowledge, utility. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Paintings 22 What you mentally or ‘consciously’ desire is nine times out of ten impossible: hitch your wagon to a star, and you'll just stay where you are. 1939 R. Boothby Let. 27 May in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1976) V. li. 1072 One of the few things in my life of which I am proud is that in all matters of major policy during the past 5 years I have hitched by waggon to your star. 1953 E. Waugh Love among Ruins i. 10 ‘The Minister of Welfare and the Minister of Rest and Culture,’ continued the Chief Guide. ‘The stars to which we have hitched our waggon.’ 1978 J. Hyams Pool iv. 44 Overweight and sedentary, he was content to hitch his wagon to David's star. b. on the wagon: abstaining from alcoholic drink, teetotal. See on the water wagon at water wagon n. 1b originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [adjective] > total abstinence water-drinking?1616 hydropotic1623 teetotal1834 teetotalling1839 water wagon1889 on the wagon1906 temperance1907 pussyfoot1919 bone-dry1920 T.T.1922 1906 B. L. Taylor Extra Dry 14 It is better to have been on and off the Wagon than never to have been on at all. 1917 J. M. Grider War Birds (1927) 23 Springs put him on the wagon for a week. 1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan xiv. 218 ‘Was he oiled when the accident happened?’ ‘No, he was on the wagon again.’ 1951 L. Hellman Autumn Garden iii. 138 A few years ago I'd go on the wagon twice a year. Now..I don't care. 1976 L. Deighton Twinkle, twinkle, Little Spy viii. 83 They dug him out of a bar.., stoned out of his mind... He stayed on the wagon for years. c. to fix (someone's) wagon, to bring about (a person's) downfall, to spoil (his) chances of success. Cf. fix v. 14c. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > cause to fail bringc1175 abort?1548 foil1548 ruin1593 to throw out1821 to put a person's pot on1864 mucker1869 collapse1883 to fix (someone's) wagon1951 1951 T. Capote Grass Harp i. 13 She said her brother would fix my wagon, which he did; right here at the corner of my mouth I've still got a scar where he hit me. 1959 J. D. Salinger in New Yorker 6 June 119/1 What ever became of that stalwart bore Fortinbras? Who eventually fixed his wagon? 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xxvii. 322 At least he could fix Merlyn's wagon, Ford was beyond his reach. He tried getting her fixed by organizing a campaign of hate mail from fans. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. Attributive. wagon-cover n. ΚΠ 1781 Cal. Virginia State Papers I. 546 A number of wagon-covers, for the protection of military stores. 1832 Boston (Lincs.) Herald 31 July 1 A great Stock of lately-improved Waggon-Covers. wagon-frame n. ΚΠ 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 190 Awhile to..mend his [sc. a child's] wicker wagon frame. wagon-hire n. ΚΠ 1553 in J. W. Burgon Life & Times T. Gresham (1839) I. iii. 141 And to [be] layd upon every waggon iij dry fatts, for the avoyding of the great charge of waggon-hyre. 1776 Jrnls. Continental Congr. 4 118 To George Benner, for waggon-hire. 1813 F. L. Claiborne in Sam Dale (1860) v. 90 Already the two hundred dollars advanced by the quarter-master have been expended for wagon-hire. wagon-horse n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls wagon wagon-horse1585 dray-horse1709 swing1869 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 40/2 Iumentum plaustrarium,..a cart horse, or waggon horse. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein II. ii. 59 A city-bred burgher of Ghent, Liege, or Ypres, is as distinct an animal from a knight of Hainault, as a Flanders waggon horse from a Spanish jennet. wagon-ox n. ΚΠ 1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton i. 7 The horns of the waggon-oxen. wagon-pole n. ΚΠ 1768 E. Holdsworth Remarks & Diss. Virgil 154 It is very common at this time, in several parts of Italy, to cover the end of the waggon-pole with plates of brass. wagon-rut n. ΚΠ 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een wagen-leese, a Wagon-rut. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xv. 154 The new streets that had stopped disheartened in the mud and waggon-ruts. wagon-sail n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > cover or tilt overlay1456 tillet1497 tilt1620 overlayer1811 sail1850 wagon-sail1850 coverture1856 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. vii. 140 These mats are also used instead of waggon-sails, and are very effectual in resisting both sun and rain. 1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign xvi. 419 We have put our waterproof sheets ready on going to bed, and sometimes have spread the waggon-sails over the waggons. wagon-shed n. ΚΠ 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Wagon-shed, a shelter for carts and wagons. 1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders I. iv. 51 The daylight revealed the whole of Mr. Melbury's homestead, of which the waggon-sheds had been an out-lying erection. wagon-spoke n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > spoke spokec888 wagon-spoke1597 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 60 Her waggon spokes are made of spinners webs. View more context for this quotation 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet ii. ii. 129 Her companion used the reversed pistol-butt against the wagon-spoke and the brass knuckles of the other two. wagon-spoor n. ΚΠ 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 174 On reaching the road, I saw fresh wagon-spoor. wagon-sprag n. ΚΠ 1885 Times 31 Oct. 8/3 The railway servants..armed with sticks and wagon ‘spraggs’, then advanced upon the criminals' place of concealment. wagon-tilt n. ΚΠ 1831 On Planting (Libr. Useful Knowl.) vii. 90 The lower ends of ash poles cut from six to eighteen feet long... They are cleft for the use of the cooper, waggon-tilts, &c. wagon-tongue n. ΚΠ 1845 J. Palmer Jrnl. Trav. Rocky Mts. (1847) 18 Our pilot notified us that this would be our last opportunity to procure timber for axle trees, wagon tongues, etc. 1860 M. Reid Hunters' Feast (new ed.) xvii The breaking of our waggon-tongue..delayed our journey. wagon-wheel n. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. ii. 54 I will dismount and by thy waggon wheele, Trotte like a seruile footeman. View more context for this quotation 1860 R. W. Emerson Considerations in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 226 But who dares draw out the linchpin from the waggon-wheel? wagon whip n. ΚΠ 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xiii. 324 Their rude drivers..began to debate precedence with their waggon-whips and quarter-staves. b. Objective and objective genitive. wagon builder n. ΚΠ 1786 G. Washington Diaries III. 137 A compleat Wheel right, Waggon builder, and Plow and Hurdle maker. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. i. 4 A captent waggon..requires the hand of a skilful waggon-builder. wagon driver n. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Waggon dryuer, iugarius. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. i. 15 A waggon-driver..a stout active Hottentot. wagon maker n. ΚΠ 1558 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 51 Skinners Sadlers waggen makers. 1873 J. Richards On Arrangem. Wood-working Factories 181 Wagon and carriage makers mainly use parallel iron vices. wagon making n. c. Instrumental. wagon-travelling n. ΚΠ 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting viii. 304 The natural concomitants of wagon-travelling. d. Similative. wagon-shaped adj. ΚΠ 1837 L. Hebert Engin. & Mech. Encycl. II. 742 The kind of boiler attached to this engine is of the waggon-shaped kind. C2. Special combinations. Also wagon-head n., wagon-load n., wagon-way n. wagon-bed n. the body of a wagon; (also) the bottom of the body. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > body buck1673 bedc1700 wagon box1810 buckboard1839 wagon-bed1853 1853 A. S. Knight in Trans. Oregon Pioneer Assoc. (1933) 40 There is no ferry here and the men will have to make one out of the tightest wagon-bed. 1885 Howells in Cent. Mag. Sept. 672/1 In the grassy piazza two men had a humble show of figs and cakes for sale in their wagon-beds. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 179 For though the river was fordable with care, the water came over the waggon-bed. wagon-boiler n. a form of engine-boiler (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > boiler > [noun] > types of steam-boiler1805 boiler1818 generator1823 wagon-boiler1837 Cornish boiler1840 saddle boiler1840 French boiler1844 vomiting-boiler1844 water-tube boiler1850 feed-heater1864 Scotch boiler1877 cross-tubea1884 steamer1891 flash generator1903 flash steam generator1907 waste-heat boiler1930 1837 L. Hebert Engin. & Mech. Encycl. I. 197 Those known by the term of ‘waggon boilers’, from their shape, formed one of the many improvements of the steam engine introduced by Watt. † wagon-borough n. [ < Dutch or German wagenburg] Obsolete a defensive enclosure or barricade formed of baggage-wagons placed close together. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > laager > [noun] wagon-borough1548 corral1847 laager1941 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. F 1 b [Fearing a night attack we] entrenched our cariages and waggen-boorowe, had good skout without and sure watch within. wagon boss n. North American the man in charge of a wagon-train; a wagon-master. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of wagon > man in charge of wagons freighter1852 wagon-master1861 wagon boss1873 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West 98 Our ‘wagon-boss’, absolute monarch of a train while on the road, rejoiced in the name of John Monkins. 1973 R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led i. vi. 92 The wagon boss is an important man. You don't talk to him, but when he talks to you, you keep your ears clean. wagon-bow n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > cover or tilt > bow wagon-bow1875 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wagon-bow, an arched-shaped slat with its ends planted in staples on the wagon-bed sides. Used to elevate the tilt or cover. wagon box n. (a) U.S. the body of a wagon; a wagon-bed; (b) a large storage chest, usually kept under the front seat of a wagon (also used as an article of domestic furniture). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > chest of drawers > [noun] > other types of foot-gang1530 lobby chest1803 wagon box1810 wagon chest1827 bahut1840 Wellington chest1880 tansu1885 mule chest1911 Wellington1936 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > storage under seat wagon box1810 wagon chest1827 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > body buck1673 bedc1700 wagon box1810 buckboard1839 wagon-bed1853 1810 in E. C. Barker Austin Papers (1924) I. i. 168 13 Wagon Boxes. 1815 Niles' Weekly Reg. 9 94/2 Waggon boxes and hollow ware of all kinds. 1850 L. Sawyer Way Sketches 30 We have found no wood since we struck the Platte, except fragments of wagon boxes..brought..by emigrants who have preceded us. 1852 M. B. Hudson S. Afr. Frontier Life I. 206 We come to a door's been off a long while, Near to which stands a wagon-box sacred to books. 1853 V. Williams in Trans. Oregon Pioneer Assoc. (1922) 196 A number of other wagon boxes have been ripped for skiffs and ply singly. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xx. 327 The boy climbed out of the rear of the wagon-box and begged to go with them. 1888 C. D. Ferguson Experiences of Forty-niner 63 A wagon box, well corked and pitched so as to be water tight, was launched. a1918 G. Stuart 40 Years on Frontier (1925) I. 39 In the wagon boxes we carried our supply of food and extra clothing. 1946 G. Foreman Last Trek of Indians 250 The camp was devastated by a tornado that carried wagon boxes, camp equipage, and some of the people through the air. 1969 N. W. Parsons Upon Sagebrush Harp i. 2 The double wagon box on the stoneboat was our own, and it was full of our household goods. wagon-breast n. U.S. a breast or working place in a coal-mine in which the wagons are taken up to the working face. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > other places in mine work1474 firework1606 stemple1653 stool1653 bink1675 engine pit1687 swamp1691 feeder1702 wall1728 bag1742 sill1747 stope1747 rose cistern1778 striking-house1824 plat1828 stemplar1828 screen chamber1829 offtake1835 footwall1837 triple pit1839 stamp1849 paddock1852 working floor1858 pit house1866 ground-sluice1869 screen tower1871 planilla1877 undercurrent1877 mill1878 blanket-sluice1881 stringing-deal1881 wagon-breast1881 brushing-bed1883 poppet-leg1890 slippet1898 stable1906 overcut1940 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 190 Wagon-breast. A breast into which wagons can be taken. wagon-ceiling n. Architecture (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > ceiling > [noun] > types of lacec1330 plancher1561 concameration1644 fasciaa1652 laqueary1656 cant-ceiling1688 laquear1706 string-piece1789 coved ceiling1796 concha1832 false ceiling1870 wagon-ceiling1875 suspended ceiling1933 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 475/2 Waggon-Ceiling, a boarded roof of the Tudor time, either of semicircular or polygonal section. It is boarded with thin oak, and ornamented with mouldings forming panels, and with loops at the intersections. wagon chest n. = wagon box n. (b). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > chest of drawers > [noun] > other types of foot-gang1530 lobby chest1803 wagon box1810 wagon chest1827 bahut1840 Wellington chest1880 tansu1885 mule chest1911 Wellington1936 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > storage under seat wagon box1810 wagon chest1827 1827 G. Thompson Trav. S. Afr. ii. i. 325 A couple of waggon-chests. 1968 S. Stander Horse 75 He sat on the wagon-chest. † wagon-coach n. Obsolete = post-wagon n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > stagecoach or mail coach posting carriage1556 wagon1615 post-coach1636 stagecoach1658 flying coach1669 stage1671 wagon-coach1675 stage-wagon1681 post-car1694 post-wagon1694 post calash1703 fly1708 post-carriage1720 post-stage1738 diligence1742 flying machine1764 machine1769 mail coach1785 dilly1786 mail stage1792 high-flyer1799 post-equipage1813 post vehicle1815 tally-ho coach1831 mail packeta1837 flying carriage1849 stager1852 mail-hack1909 1675 London Gaz. No. 1047/4 Lost..out of the Waggon-Coach, passing from Hertford to London, a Letter. a1680 Lady Fanshawe in Lady Halkett & Lady Fanshawe Mem. (1979) 139 We hired a waggon coach, for ther' is no other at Callais. wagon-corps n. Military = Corps of Wagoners at wagoner n.¹ 1a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > administration and supply branches baggage1603 field train1692 Corps of Wagoners1802 wagon-corps1810 subsistence department1820 baggage-train1841 rear echelon1852 Control Department1867 Army Service Corps1869 A.S.C.1871 pay corps1876 Q1916 echelon1922 1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. Corps of Wagoners, or royal Wagon corps. 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited ix. 279 The Austrian waggon corps. wagon-coupling n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > coupling shackle1343 wain-shackle1559 head block1851 wagon-coupling1875 thill-coupling1877 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wagon-coupling, one for attaching the hind axle to the fore. wagon-drag n. a shoebrake for a wagon. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > skid or lock to retard motion trigger1591 drug1638 trigen1659 skid1766 drag1795 remskoen1816 slipper1827 shoe1837 sledge1839 hub1856 rough lock1858 spoke1858 wagon-drag1875 wagon-lock1875 wheel-lock1875 sprag1878 slipper-drag1883 slipper-brake1884 shod1893 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wagon-drag. wagon-drift n. South African a passage for wagons across a river. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > place where something may be crossed > fordable place passing placea1540 going-over1650 fordage1728 passing1825 fording1833 wagon-drift1850 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. II. xxx. 284 We held thither at a sharp trot, holding for the old waggon drift. wagon-gallery n. a gallery in a mine along which the wagons run. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > for conveying coal, etc. pithead1662 wagon-way1727 wagon-gallery1839 jig1866 up-brow1867 jig-brow1877 jinny-road1877 plane1877 chain road1883 loader gate1964 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 853 The ores are raised in these shafts to the level of the waggon-gallery (galerie de roulage) by the whims provided with ropes and buckets. wagon-hammer n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > swingle-tree > parts or attachments of roller bolt1796 wagon-hammer1875 tree-coupling1877 tree-iron1877 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wagon-hammer, the vertical bolt which connects the double-tree to the tongue, and upon which the double-tree swings. wagon-house n. a house, shed or shelter for wagons. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > cart- or coach house cart-house1483 wain-house1569 wagon-house1648 coach-house1679 remise1698 chaise-house1812 carriage house1883 cart-lodge1888 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een wagen-huys, a wagon-house. 1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 i. 79/2 He..made him up a bed of straw in the waggon, under the waggon-house. 1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders I. iii. 33 This erection was the waggon-house of the chief man of business. † wagon-hunter n. Cant Obsolete an agent of a brothel keeper who for base purposes visited the inns at which the stage-wagons stopped. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > pimp > visiting stagecoach inns wagon-hunterc1766 c1766 Cheats of London Exposed 46 Waggon-hunters. wagon-jack n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > jacks screw1404 scalet1640 German devil1670 Jack1679 screw jack1719 spring-jack1724 jackscrew?1735 crick1775 fence-jack1874 swing-jack1875 wagon-jack1875 windlass-jack1875 truck-jack1877 setter1895 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wagon-jack, one for lifting the wheels of a wagon clear of the ground. wagon-lock n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > skid or lock to retard motion trigger1591 drug1638 trigen1659 skid1766 drag1795 remskoen1816 slipper1827 shoe1837 sledge1839 hub1856 rough lock1858 spoke1858 wagon-drag1875 wagon-lock1875 wheel-lock1875 sprag1878 slipper-drag1883 slipper-brake1884 shod1893 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wagon-lock, a device to bring a friction on the wheels of a wagon to retard its motion in descending hills. wagon-man n. the driver of a wagon, a wagoner. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of wagon wainman1392 wainera1500 wagoner1544 wagon-man1589 1589 M. Philips in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 577 The wagon man that had charge of me set an Indian carpenter a worke to mend the wheele. 1764 London Mag. Mar. 144/2 What the waggon-men call a bye-way, made for the unloaded waggons to be drawn to the pitts. wagon-master n. a person who has charge of one or more wagons; spec. (Military) an officer commanding the wagon-train. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > wagon-master carriage master1570 wagon-master1645 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of wagon > man in charge of wagons freighter1852 wagon-master1861 wagon boss1873 1645 in Papers rel. Army Solemn League & Cov. (S.H.S.) II. 502 Waggonm^rs of the Army. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 163/2 Wagonmaster generall 10 s. per diem. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 164/1 The Waggon maister 5 s. Waggoners each 2 s. 1757 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 492 The commissary used to act as wagon-master. 1775 Jrnls. Continental Congr. 3 329 There is due to Robert Erwin, waggon master, the sum of 169 pounds. 1847 in W. H. Emory Notes Mil. Reconnaissance 546 Our successful passage over was entirely due to the perseverance and good management of the wagon-master. 1861 U.S. Army Regul. 149 No wagon-master or forage-master shall be interested..in any wagon or other means of transport employed by the United States. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 17 June 1- c/5 Actor John MacIntire, known as wagonmaster on the television program, ‘Wagon Train’. wagon-road n. a road for the passage of wagons; spec. in Coal Mining, a prepared road or railway for the haulage of wagons. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > for carts cart-way1362 wain-way1579 cart-gate1594 wain-gate1596 cart-road1607 wagon-road1748 wagon-way1764 1748 Pennsylvania Gaz. 15 Sept. 4/1 (advt.) At the other end of the brew-house there is a large waggon road. 1884 R. Jefferies Life of Fields 58 A white butterfly follows along the waggon-road. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 371 Assisting the pioneers to make the waggon road. wagon-roof n. = wagon-vault n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > types of roof generally vaulta1387 plat-roofa1425 pend1454 faunsere1460 compassed roofa1552 terrace1572 sotie1578 crown1588 arch-roof1594 arch1609 under-roof1611 concameration1644 voltoa1660 hip roof1663 French roof1669 oversail1673 jerkinhead1703 mansard1704 curb-roof1733 shed roof1736 gable roof1759 gambrel roof1761 living roof1792 pent roof1794 span-roof1823 wagon-head1823 azotea1824 rafter roof1825 rooflet1825 wagon-vault1835 bell-roof1842 spire-roof1842 cradle-roof1845 packsaddle roof1845 open roof1847 umbrella roof1847 gambrel1848 packsaddle1848 compass-roof1849 saddleback1849 saddle roof1850 curbed roof1866 wagon-roof1866 saw-tooth roof1900 trough roof1905 skillion roof1911 north-light roof1923 shell roof1954 green roof1984 knee-roof- 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xi. 151 The low wagon-roofs of the cross-naves. 1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West I. ii. 35 In a good many cases the waggon roofs are but ceiled cradle roofs. wagon table n. (see quot. and sense 9 above). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > utensils for serving > tea-trolley dinner wagon1826 tea-wagon1840 wagon table1844 wagon1906 silent butler1912 tea-trolley1937 1844 T. Webster & F. Parkes Encycl. Domest. Econ. 240 Moving sideboards, or waggon tables. wagon-tent n. South African the tent-like canopy of a covered wagon. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > covered covered wagon1745 wagon-tent1845 1845 Cape of Good Hope Almanac (advt.) Country people can be supplied with..3-inch Canvas for wagontents. 1926 P. Smith Beadle 59 The women wore stiffly starched plain white sun-bonnets, like miniature wagon-tents. 1955 W. Robertson Blue Wagon viii. 72 I was in the wagon-tent when those kaffirs came. wagon-tipper n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > parts of > tilting device wagon-tipper1875 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wagon-tipper, a device for tilting a wagon in order to dump its load. Categories » wagon-top n. the part of a locomotive-boiler, over the fire-box, which is elevated above the rest of the shell to provide greater steam-room ( Cent. Dict. 1891). wagon-track n. the track made by the passage of wagons. ΚΠ 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. II. xx. 76 The larger of these caves is situated on the west side of the waggon-track. 1884 R. Jefferies Life of Fields 57 Leverets play in the waggon-track. wagon-train n. Military a train, collection, or service of transport wagons; also, a train of wagons used by colonial settlers. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > train of wagon-train1810 wagonage1864 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) VI. 302 I shall endeavor to send you..some horses and drivers belonging to the waggon train. 1888 J. C. Harris Free Joe 181 For years and years before the war it had been noted as the meeting-place of the waggon-trains by means of which the planters transported their produce to market. wagon-tree n. = wagenboom n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > protea or sugar-bush sugar-tree1705 wagenboom1790 suikerbos1818 sugar-bush1822 wagon-tree1822 Protea1824 blushing bride1917 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 123 (heading) The Waggon-tree. wagon-vault n. (see quot. 1892). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > types of roof generally vaulta1387 plat-roofa1425 pend1454 faunsere1460 compassed roofa1552 terrace1572 sotie1578 crown1588 arch-roof1594 arch1609 under-roof1611 concameration1644 voltoa1660 hip roof1663 French roof1669 oversail1673 jerkinhead1703 mansard1704 curb-roof1733 shed roof1736 gable roof1759 gambrel roof1761 living roof1792 pent roof1794 span-roof1823 wagon-head1823 azotea1824 rafter roof1825 rooflet1825 wagon-vault1835 bell-roof1842 spire-roof1842 cradle-roof1845 packsaddle roof1845 open roof1847 umbrella roof1847 gambrel1848 packsaddle1848 compass-roof1849 saddleback1849 saddle roof1850 curbed roof1866 wagon-roof1866 saw-tooth roof1900 trough roof1905 skillion roof1911 north-light roof1923 shell roof1954 green roof1984 knee-roof- 1835 R. Willis Remarks Archit. Middle Ages vii. 72 Amongst the various forms of vaulted apartments..rectangles are of frequent occurrence, and these for the most part are covered with a waggon vault. 1892 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Waggon roof or vault. A roof, semicircular in section, but somewhat higher than a semicircle or barrel roof, by rising from vertical sides. wagon-vaulted adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > roofed > in specific manner > specific coupledc1384 thatched1467 stone-heled1578 slate-hung1648 slate-roofed1648 raftered1670 rafted1739 stob-thatched1792 reeded1819 hip-roofed1821 wagon-vaulted1835 span-roofed1842 saddle-backed1853 thatchy1864 tortoise-roofed1886 mansarded1890 monopitch1961 skillion-roofed1967 1835 R. Willis Remarks Archit. Middle Ages vii. 68 Waggon-vaulted apartments. wagon-work n. the construction and repair of wagons. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > [noun] > wagon- or coach-making coach-making1615 wagon-work1850 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > making or repair of carts or carriages coach-making1615 wagon-work1850 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. i. 16 Several coarse chisels for waggon-work. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 378 Wood tough, used chiefly for wagon-work. wagon-wright n. a maker or repairer of wagons; a wainwright. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > making or repair of carts or carriages > one who wainwrightc1000 cartwright14.. cart-maker1579 coach-wright1587 coach-maker1599 coach-builder1794 coach-joiner1800 wagon-wright1858 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of wheels or wheeled vehicles wheelwright1281 cartwright14.. wheeler1497 cart-maker1579 coach-wright1587 coach-maker1599 coach-wheeler1686 coach-builder1794 coach-joiner1800 wainwright1855 wagon-wright1858 wheel-assembler1897 auto worker1901 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Wagon-wright, a maker and mender of wagons. 1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (Newcastle Terms) 66 Waggonwright, a man who makes and repairs the chaldron waggons. wagon-yard n. a depôt for wagons used on a road or railway. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > station > yard wagon-yard1827 yard1827 train depot1833 railway yard1854 trainyard1866 marshalling yard1877 rail yard1888 1827 E. Mackenzie Descr. & Hist. Acct. Newcastle II. 722 A waggon set out for London from the general waggon-yard..every day. Draft additions September 2017 Originally U.S. off the wagon: (esp. of a habitual drinker) consuming alcohol again after a period of abstinence; no longer sober or abstemious; esp. in to fall off the wagon. Also in extended use, with reference to relapse into any harmful habit. See also water wagon n. 1b. ΚΠ 1906 B. L. Taylor Extra Dry 14 It is better to have been on and off the Wagon than never to have been on at all. 1911 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Jan. 88 I'm considering whether to fall off the wagon with a splash that'll drown Doc Williams. 1935 Esquire Mar. 120/2 He always tumbled off the wagon right when he was needed most. Just one little snort for a bracer, then he was lost. 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 10 She hadn't done any serious drugs for three and a half years and all of a sudden..she'd fallen off the wagon. 2017 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 Feb. 32 I had expected to be demanding..a glass of chardonnay to salute being off the wagon—but..I wasn't fussed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). wagonwaggonv. Brit. /ˈwaɡ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈwæɡən/ Etymology: < wagon n. 1. intransitive. To travel in a wagon; to transport goods by wagon. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > ride in a wheeled vehicle > in specific type of horse-drawn vehicle wagon1606 caroche1620 chariot1628 coach1631 to chaise it1792 gig1807 hack1879 buckboard1904 car1907 stolkjaerre1932 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > admit of being transported [verb (intransitive)] > transport by wagon or cart wagon1828 trant1875 1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. D1 She waggoneth to Neptunes Pallace than. 1794 E. Denny Mil. Jrnl. 18 Oct. (1860) 403 The French had opened the Indian path..and wagoned considerably upon it. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Wagon, to practice the transportation of goods in a wagon. The man wagons between Philadelphia and Pittsburg. a1904 A. Adams Log of Cowboy ix. 129 It was a hundred miles to wagon from the freight point where we got our supplies. 1907 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Windfall vi. 103 I can't figure out how the lydy managed to stay so stiff and starched these seven miles and more, waggoning down from the mountain. 2. transitive. To put into a wagon for conveyance. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > transport goods in vehicle [verb (transitive)] > load cart or wagon wagon1649 1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour i. i. 1/2 Is all our pillage waggond? 1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour i. i. 3/1 See him well waggond, and provide A surgeon to attend his cure. 1795 Sporting Mag. 5 35 Our party..bagged, or rather waggoned 876 hares. 1812 J. Flaxman Let. W. Hayley 20 Feb. in Pearson's Catal. (1886) No. 60 Resignation is at length in, waggoned for Feltham. 3. U.S. To transport (goods) in a wagon or by means of a train of wagons. Also with up. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > transport goods in vehicle [verb (transitive)] > by wagon or cart wagon1755 jag1847–78 1755 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 187 The quantity is too great for the present consumption, and to wagon it up can never answer the expense. 1779 T. Jefferson Corr. in Wks. (1859) I. 216 They have bought quantities of flour for these troops in Cumberland, have ordered it to be wagoned down to Manchester, and wagoned thence up to the barracks. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 43 The ore is first waggoned to the river. 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States v. 321 Sometimes they had had to buy corn at a dollar a bushel, and wagon it home from Raleigh. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1523v.1606
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