Definition of wagon Wagon
/wรฆหgสn/ - [watgun] - Wagโขon
We found 21 definitions of wagon from 6 different sources.
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waggon
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wagon
What does wagon mean?
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NounPlural: wagons |
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| wagon - any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor | ||
| waggon | ||
| wheeled vehicle a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC" | ||
| axletree a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve | ||
| bandwagon a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band; "the gaudy bandwagon led the circus parade" | ||
| cart a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal | ||
| chuck wagon a wagon equipped with a cookstove and provisions (for cowboys) | ||
| conestoga, conestoga wagon, covered wagon, prairie schooner, prairie wagon 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 | ||
| ice-wagon, ice wagon (formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door | ||
| lorry a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides | ||
| milk wagon, milkwagon wagon for delivering milk | ||
| tramcar, tram a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine" | ||
| wagon wheel a wheel of a wagon | ||
| wain large open farm wagon | ||
| wagon - a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting | ||
| coaster wagon | ||
| wagon - a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat | ||
| beach wagon, station wagon, estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon | ||
| auto, automobile, motorcar, car, machine a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" | ||
| shooting brake another name for a station wagon | ||
| wagon - a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major | ||
| Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon | ||
| wagon - van used by police to transport prisoners | ||
| police van, police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, black Maria | ||
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Wiktionary 
- wagon (Noun)
A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads. - wagon (Noun)
A child's riding toy, four-wheeled and pulled or steered by a long handle in the front. - wagon (Noun)
A station wagon or SUV. - wagon (Noun)
A paddy wagon . - wagon (Noun)
A truck, or lorry. - wagon (Verb)
To transport by means of a wagon. - wagon (Verb)
To travel in a wagon.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary ๐
- wagon (n.)
A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise. - wagon (n.)
A freight car on a railway. - wagon (n.)
A chariot - wagon (n.)
The Dipper, or Charles's Wain. - wagon (v. t.)
To transport in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from city to city. - wagon (v. i.)
To wagon goods as a business; as, the man wagons between Philadelphia and its suburbs.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary ฮฉ
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wagon
A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer ๐ฅ
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wagon
A vehicle for the conveyance of goods or passengers, is mounted on four wheels, but varies considerably in the construction of its other parts, according to the species of traffic in which it is employed. They are used by armies for the transportation of subsistence, other military stores, baggage, ammunition, sick and wounded. The following wagon has been adopted for use in the service of the U.ย S. army: The body to be straight, 3 feet 6 inches wide, 1 foot 9 inches deep, 9 feet 6 inches long at the bottom, and 10 feet at the top, sloping equally at each end, all in the clear or inside; the floor 9 feet 10ยนโโ inches long, 3 feet 6 inches wide, and 7ยนโโ inches thick. Top sides 6 inches wide, 7ยนโโ inches thick, 10 feet 2 inches long on the bottom edge, sloping the same as the lower side boards. Six bows of good ash or oak, 2 inches wide, ยนโโ inch thick, with three staples to confine the ridge-pole to its place; one ridge-pole 11 feet 3 inches long, 1ยณโโ inches wide, โตโโ inch thick; seat-boards 3 feet 6 inches long, 1 foot wide, โทโโ inch thick to rest on top edge of sides on upright spiral springs, so arranged as to be used with or without the top sides; two plates 7 inches long, 1ยนโโ inches wide, ยณโโ inch thick, with two bolts in each, for the front wheels to strike against in turning the wagon. The tongue to be 10 feet 6 inches long, 4 inches wide, 2ยนโโ inches deep at front end of hounds, 1ยณโโ inches wide, and 2ยนโโ inches deep at point or front end, and so arranged as to lift up the front end of it to hang within 2 feet 6 inches of the ground when the wagon is standing at rest on a level surface; front hounds 6 feet long, 2ยนโโ inches deep, 3ยนโโ inches wide over axle, and to retain that width to the back end of tongue; jaws of hounds 1 foot 6 inches long and 2ยนโโ inches square at the front end. Axle-stock 4 feet ยนโโ inch long, 3ยนโโ inches wide, 3ยนโโ inches deep. Hind hounds 4 feet 11 inches long, 2ยนโโ inches deep, and 2ยณโโ inches wide back, and 2ยนโโ inches wide front; jaws 10 inches long and 4 inches wide at the end where they rest on coupling-pole. Coupling-pole 8 feet 9 inches long, 3ยนโโ inches wide, 2ยณโโ inches deep, with a rivet through front end. Wheels 3 feet 8 inches and 4 feet 8 inches high; sixteen spokes 2 inches wide and 2 inches thick at hub, and 2 inches wide and 1ยนโโ inches thick at felloes; eight felloes 2 inches wide, 2ยณโโ inches deep; hubs 9 inches diameter at flanges, 3ยนโโ inches diameter at front, 4 inches diameter at back end, 12 inches long; tires 2 inches wide, ยนโโ inch thick, fastened with 8 screw-bolts, one in each felloe. Distance from the centre of king-bolt hole to centre of back axle, 5 feet 9ยนโโ inches; and from centre of king-bolt hole to the centre of bolt in jaw of hind hounds, 1 foot 10 inches; distance from the centre of hind axle to centre of bolt in jaw of hind hounds, 3 feet 11ยนโโ inches, and from the centre of king-bolt to centre of slider 2 feet 2ยนโโ inches; distance between the inside of front and hind standards, 5 feet 8ยนโโ inches,--to receive the body, which is 5 feet 8 inches from outside to outside of cleats of sides. Weight of model wagon, 1325 pounds, complete, for four horses or mules. See ORDNANCE, CARRIAGES FOR, TRAVELING KITCHEN, and TRAVELING FORGE.
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