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Wagon train   /wˈægən treɪn/   Listen
Wagon train

noun
1.
A procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file.  Synonyms: caravan, train.  "They joined the wagon train for safety"





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"Wagon train" Quotes from Famous Books



... There was no such thing as mining salt like they do now. It would take from August first till about the middle of September to get it. Ox team won't make more than about twelve miles a day. The people would make up a wagon train and go and come together. People in those days didn't believe a horse would pull anything but a buggy, so they used steers mostly for heavy pulling. They ran all gins and thrashers by horse power and the running gear was all made ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Arkansas Narratives Part 3 • Works Projects Administration


Words linked to "Wagon train" :   prairie wagon, procession, Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, prairie schooner, covered wagon, caravan


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