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Conestoga wagon   /kˌɑnəstˈoʊgə wˈægən/   Listen
Conestoga wagon

noun
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.  Synonyms: Conestoga, covered wagon, prairie schooner, prairie wagon.





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"Conestoga wagon" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1865.[30] The settler no longer had to suffer the wearisome, heart-breaking tasks that confronted the pioneer of earlier years, for the railway and steamboat had for some time taken the place of the Conestoga wagon and the ...
— Our Foreigners - A Chronicle of Americans in the Making • Samuel P. Orth


Words linked to "Conestoga wagon" :   wagon train, Conestoga, caravan, train, covered wagon, waggon, wagon, prairie wagon


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