English Explanatory Dictionary

galamander

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A customized horse- or ox-drawn stoneboat or wagon once used for hauling stone from quarries, with smaller front wheels and larger rear ones, and a derrick to lift blocks of stone on and off the vehicle.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡæləmændə/ /ˈɡæləˌmændəɹ/ En-us-galamander.oga

Word forms

galamander galamanders

Etymology

Unknown; said to have been coined by an American blacksmith Elder Littlefield, and possibly from galley (“type of boat”) + meander (“to turn or wind in a course or passage”).

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