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Meaning of Conestoga wagon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A heavy covered wagon with a curved boatlike body popular in the United States from about 1750–1850.

Examples

“The heavy and boat-shaped Conestoga wagon should not be confused with the lighter and cheaper prairie schooners that largely replaced them.”
“During the summer and fall the covered broad-wheeled Conestoga wagons, moved by four or six splendid draught-horses, were constantly employed in transporting the productions of the county to market.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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