wagon train

English

Noun

wagon train (plural wagon trains)

1. A number of horse-drawn wagons traveling together for safety.

Usage notes

• Common feature of the mythology of the American West of the 19th century.

Coordinate terms

• trailmaster

 

Related terms

• baggage train
• quartermaster train
• wagoneer
• wagonmaster
• wagonmistress

 

Translations

a number of horse-drawn wagons traveling together for safety

• Bulgarian: обоз m (oboz)
• Hungarian: szekérkaraván