wagon

wagon
I. noun Etymology: Dutch wagen, from Middle Dutch — more at wain Date: 15th century 1. a. a usually four-wheeled vehicle for transporting bulky commodities and drawn originally by animals b. a lighter typically horse-drawn vehicle for transporting goods or passengers c. paddy wagon 2. British a railway freight car 3. a low four-wheeled vehicle with an open rectangular body and a retroflex tongue made for the play or use of a child 4. a small wheeled table used for the service of a dining room <
the dessert wagon
>
5. a delivery truck <
a milk wagon
>
6. station wagon II. verb Date: 1606 intransitive verb to travel or transport goods by wagon transitive verb to transport (goods) by wagon

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