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| bandwagon |
a colorfully decorated wagon used to carry musicians at the head of a circus parade. [1/2 definitions] |
| caisson |
a two-wheeled wagon for transporting artillery shells. [1/2 definitions] |
| caravan |
a large covered, wheeled vehicle; wagon. [1/4 definitions] |
| chuck wagon |
in the western United States, a wagon or van used to carry food and utensils for feeding outdoor workers such as cowboys. |
| Conestoga wagon |
a large heavy covered wagon with broad wheels, used by early U.S. pioneers to haul their freight and household goods. |
| covered wagon |
a large wagon with a high arched canvas cover, used by American pioneers. |
| doubletree |
a crossbar on a wagon or coach that has a singletree at each end, used when two horses are to be harnessed abreast. |
| go-cart |
a small wagon for children to ride in, drive, or push. [1/4 definitions] |
| hayride |
a pleasure ride by a group of people in an open wagon that is partly filled with hay. |
| kingbolt |
a large, vertical, main bolt, used esp. for joining the front axle and wheels to the body of a wagon or other vehicle. |
| lorry |
a low, sideless wagon drawn by horses. [1/3 definitions] |
| microbus |
a small buslike van or station wagon. |
| outrider |
one who rides before a vehicle, wagon train, procession, or the like as a scout, guide, or escort. [1/2 definitions] |
| perch1 |
a pole that connects the front and rear axles of a carriage, wagon, or the like. [1/6 definitions] |
| prairie schooner |
a large covered wagon used by nineteenth-century pioneers to cross the American prairies. |
| rig |
a horse-drawn carriage or wagon; equipage. [1/10 definitions] |
| singletree |
a wooden bar that connects a wagon, plow, or the like to an animal's harness; whiffletree. |
| tail |
the rearmost part of an airplane, rocket, wagon, or the like, or the specialized structures attached there. [1/13 definitions] |
| tailgate |
a hinged panel or board at the rear of a truck, station wagon, or wagon that can be let down for loading or unloading. [1/2 definitions] |
| Thor |
in Scandinavian mythology, the god of thunder, who rides a wagon drawn by goats and is armed with a hammer. |
| trailer |
a wagon pulled by a motorized vehicle and used to transport freight. [1/3 definitions] |
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