covered wagon

What does covered wagon mean?

covered wagon means "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".

What is another word for covered wagon?

Close synonyms include Conestoga wagon, Conestoga, prairie wagon, prairie schooner. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is covered wagon a common word?

covered wagon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for covered wagon come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.