Definitions for covered wagon
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1. covered wagon, Conestoga wagon, Conestoga, prairie wagon, prairie schoonernoun

   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

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1. Covered wagon

   The covered wagon or prairie wagon, historically also referred to as an ambulance, a whitetop, or a prairie schooner, was a vehicle usually made out of wood and canvas that was used for transportation, prominently in 19th-century America. With roots in the heavy Conestoga wagon developed for the rough, undeveloped roads and paths of the colonial East, the covered wagon spread west with American migration. The Conestoga wagon was far too heavy for westward expansion. Typical farm wagons were merely covered for westward expansion and heavily relied upon along such travel routes as the Great Wagon Road, the Mormon Trail and the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails, covered wagons carried settlers seeking land, gold, and new futures ever further west. Throughout the 20th century, the covered wagon grew to become an icon of the American West.

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1. covered wagon

   A covered wagon is a type of large wagon with a canvas or wooden covering used for transportation, primarily during the time of westward expansion and colonization in North America during the 18th and 19th centuries. It was designed to protect the cargo and travellers inside from weather conditions and other external factors. It was often drawn by oxen, mules, or horses. It’s synonymous with pioneers and the old West, and famously associated with the Oregon Trail.

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1. Covered wagon

   The covered wagon, also known as a prairie schooner, is a cultural icon of the American Old West. Although covered wagons were commonly used for transporting goods within the United States, in the mid-nineteenth century thousands of Americans took them across the Great Plains from developed parts of the Midwest to places in the West such as California, Oregon, Colorado, and Montana. Overland immigrants typically used farm wagons, fitting them with five or six wooden bows that arched from side to side across the wagon bed, then stretching canvas or some other sturdy cloth over the bows, creating the cylindrical cover. Sometimes, these wagons would be as long as 15 ft. Covered wagons were primarily used to transport goods. Small children, the elderly, and the sick or injured rode in them, but since the wagons had no suspension and the roads were rough, many people preferred to walk, unless they had horses to ride. While covered wagons traveling short distances on good roads could be drawn by horses, those crossing the plains were usually drawn by a team of two or more pairs of oxen. These were driven by a teamster or drover, who walked at the left side of the team and directed the oxen with verbal commands and whipcracks. Mules were also used; they were harnessed and driven by someone sitting in the wagon seat holding the reins.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of covered wagon in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of covered wagon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covered_Wagon
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4. ^ Wikidata
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