English Dictionary

covered wagon

noun

(transport, historical) A horse- or mule-drawn wagon with an arched canvas-covered framework. / (rail transport, Britain) A covered goods wagon, a van.

The pioneers traveled westward in a covered wagon.

意味（1）

(transport, historical) A horse- or mule-drawn wagon with an arched canvas-covered framework.

意味（2）

(rail transport, Britain) A covered goods wagon, a van.

The advantages of the train ferry in combining through running (without double handling) with speed and relatively large loads are shown in the decision of the Swedish State Railways to build 100 large covered and 50 open wagons for working to Britain by the ferry services, although the route from Sweden to any destination in the U.K. via Zeebrugge/Harwich is comparatively circuitous; the first of the Swedish covered wagons has already run through to London.