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单词 covered wagon
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covered wagon

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noun

a large wagon with a high, bonnetlike canvas top, especially such a wagon used by pioneers to transport themselves and their possessions across the North American plains during the westward migrations in the 19th century.
British Railroads. a boxcar.

Origin of covered wagon

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45

Words nearby covered wagon

cover charge, cover crop, Coverdale, covered bridge, covered-dish supper, covered wagon, cover for, cover girl, cover glass, cover ground, covering
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British Dictionary definitions for covered wagon

covered wagon

noun

US and Canadian a large wagon with an arched canvas top, used formerly for prairie travel
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for covered wagon

covered wagon

A typical conveyance for settlers moving west with their belongings. It was drawn by horses or oxen and equipped with a canvas cover, often supported by hoops, to keep off rain.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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