Conestoga wagon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Conestoga wagon	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Conestoga wagon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Conestoga wagon n 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 Synonym(s): covered wagon, Conestoga wagon, Conestoga, prairie wagon, prairie schooner
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conestoga wagon \Con`es*to"ga wag`on\ [or] wain \wain\ [From Conestoga, Pennsylvania.] A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies.