NOUN
- a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century
How To Use covered wagon In A Sentence
- covered wagons
- “On to Oregon.” This outdoor saga, written almost 90 years ago, is loosely based on the true story of the Sager family journeying by covered wagon in 1848, in the early days of the Oregon Trail.
- The first white settlers journeyed across America in covered wagons.
- And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.
- Comparing the Viper (with a V10, idiot) to a Corvette (standard V8) and saying the Viper 'humbles' the Corvette is like comparing the covered wagon to the Space Shuttle!. The Car Connection
- The covered wagon rolls along the muddy path. The gentle motion of the wagon almost puts you to sleep.
- The first white settlers journeyed across America in covered wagons.
- The canvas-covered wagons ranged themselves, broadwise, in a straight line with the wind. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
- I hopped aboard an empty Frog ammunition cart going back to Sinho, spied Grant's marker by a covered wagon, and strolled up to report, swinging my gamp. Flashman And The Dragon
- It is legal to shoot an Indian on horseback, provided you are in a covered wagon.
