English Explanatory Dictionary

Conestoga wagon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A heavy covered wagon with a curved boatlike body popular in the United States from about 1750–1850.

Word forms

Conestoga wagon Conestoga wagons Conestogoe wagon

Etymology

From the Conestoga River in Pennsylvania, USA, whose settlers presumably developed early forms.

Synonyms

Dutch wagon Conestoga Conestoga wain

Related words

prairie schooner
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