conestoga wagon in English
noun
1
a large covered wagon used for long-distance travel, typically carrying pioneers in the westward migration.
An 1895 trap carriage and a Conestoga wagon on a short stretch of plank road bracket a homemade airplane.
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1. 17 The white canvas cover on the Conestoga wagon protected the freight from inclement weather; it was stretched taut over a series of wooden hoops that arched over the wagon bed.