wagoningwaggoningn.
/ˈwaɡənɪŋ/ a. The action of travelling or conveying by wagon.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > [noun] > by wheeled vehicle > by wagon
wagonage1609
wagonry1641
wagoning1782
1782 in L. P. Summers Ann. Southwest Virginia (1929) 770 He ought to be paid..for one day waggoning.
1837 Southern Literary Messenger 3 87 There never was such a time for wagoning before.
1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States v. 339 More than thirty miles of wagoning is required to bring the spirits of turpentine to a rail-road.
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. xiv. 345 The greatest activity and wagoning now visible there.
1877 A. Douai Better Times (1884) 15 Already in the earliest, darkest ages were invented the arts of..navigating and wagoning.
b. colloquial. Coach-driving.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > art of driving horse-drawn vehicle > driving specific type
aurigation1623
chariotrya1697
charioteering1788
charioteership1836
tandem-driving1849
wagoning1875
1875 Reynardson Down the Road 49 Tom Hennesy, who was always fond of giving me a lesson in ‘waggoning’, and by whose side I was sitting on the box.
1896 A. Conan Doyle Rodney Stone viii It's a fine day for a little bit of waggoning.
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