Conestoga wagon
Conestoga wagon · Conestoga wagons
A heavy covered wagon with a curved boatlike body popular in the United States from…A heavy covered wagon with a curved boatlike body popular in the United States from about 1750–1850.
Meaning
1 sensesA heavy covered wagon with a curved boatlike body popular in the United States from about 1750–1850.
The heavy and boat-shaped Conestoga wagon should not be confused with the lighter and cheaper prairie schooners that largely replaced them.
More definitions
- 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
Origin
From the Conestoga River in Pennsylvania, USA, whose settlers presumably developed early fFrom the Conestoga River in Pennsylvania, USA, whose settlers presumably developed early forms.
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Forms
plural: Conestoga wagonsSynonyms
6 synonymsConestogaConestoga wainDutch wagon
Close in meaning
- 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:covered wagonConestogaprairie wagonprairie schooner
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedprairie schooner