covered wagon meaning

Noun: covered wagon  'kúvurd 'wagun

1. A large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century
   - Conestoga wagon, Conestoga, prairie wagon, prairie schooner [N. Amer]

Derived forms: covered wagons

Type of: waggon, wagon

Part of: caravan, train, wagon train

Encyclopedia: Covered wagon

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1. sealed lock for railway traffic part 1 : covered wagon lock
2. terms for railway vehicle parts; body structure, body framework for covered wagons
3. railway freight car's atmospheric corrosion resisting cold formed steel sections part 4 : door frame of covered wagons
4. railway freight car's atmospheric corrosion resisting cold formed steel sections part 6 : roof cant rail of covered wagon
5. it was a kind of covered wagon, painted black, and was one of the first to arrive