Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conestoga wagon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables: con-esto-ga wag-on
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From the Conestoga River in Pennsylvania, USA, whose settlers presumably developed early forms.

Inflected Forms

Conestoga wagons (plural) Conestogoe wagon (alternative)

Phrases

prairie schooner

Frequently Paired Words

prairie schooner

Synonyms

Dutch wagon Conestoga Conestoga wain covered wagon prairie wagon prairie schooner

Questions

What does conestoga wagon mean?: A heavy covered wagon with a curved boatlike body popular in the United States from about 1750–1850.
Where does conestoga wagon come from?: From the Conestoga River in Pennsylvania, USA, whose settlers presumably developed early forms.

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