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110 words match “WAGON”

WAGON v. 6 definitions
To transport in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from city to city.
WAGON-HEADED a.
Having a top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon, or resembling in section or outline an inverted U, thus as, a wagonheaded ceiling.
WAGON-ROOFED a.
Having a roof, or top, shaped like an inverted U; wagon-headed.
WAGONAGE n. 2 definitions
Money paid for carriage or conveyance in wagon.
WAGONER n. 2 definitions
One who conducts a wagon; one whose business it is to drive a wagon.
WAGONETTE n.
A kind of pleasure wagon, uncovered and with seats extended along the sides, designed to carry six or eight persons besides the driver.
WAGONFUL n.
As much as a wagon will hold; enough to fill a wagon; a wagonload.
WAGONLOAD n.
Same as Wagonful.
WAGONRY n.
Conveyance by means of a wagon or wagons. [Obs.] Milton.
WAGONWRIGHT n.
One who makes wagons.
CONESTOGA WAGON; CONESTOGA WAIN n.
A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies.
AMBULANCE n. 2 definitions
ended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps.
ARABA n.
A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and often covered. [Oriental]
AURIGA n.
The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini. It contains the bright star Capella.
BACKBOARD n.
A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.
BAIL n.
A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.
BARRICADE n.
A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access.
BATTERY n.
g a number, of shots simultaneously or successively without stopping to load. -- Battery wagon, a wagon employed to transport the tools and materials for repair of the carriages, etc., of the battery. -- In battery, projecting, as a gun, into an embrasure or over a parapet in readiness for firing. -- Masked battery,…
BEACH n.
rootstocks, binds the sand together, and resists the encroachment of the waves. -- Beach wagon, a light open wagon with two or more seats. -- Raised beach, an accumulation of water-worn stones, gravel, sand, and other shore deposits, above the present level of wave action, whether actually raised by elevation of the…
BOBSLED; BOBSLEIGH n.
air connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed. [U. S.] The long wagon body set on bobsleds. W. D. Howells.
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