Wagon

For other uses, see Wagon (disambiguation).

"Dray" redirects here. For the songwriter, see Dray Skky. Dray Skky is an American Songwriter born in South Carolina. Nicknamed " Skky " by affiliates in the Urban Market she debut her vocal abilities in

Wagon with horses harnessed to its pole

A wagon (in British English, sometimes waggon) or dray is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle. British English or UK English ( BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the Vehicles, derived from the Latin word vehiculum, are non-living Means of transport. Wagons were formerly pulled by animals such as horses, mules or oxen. The horse ( Equus caballus) is a hoofed ( Ungulate) Mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae. In its common modern meaning a mule is the offspring of a male Donkey and a female Horse, which is classified as a kind of F1 hybrid. Oxen (singular ox) are Cattle trained as draft animals. Often they are adult castrated males Today farm wagons are pulled by tractors and trucks. Wagons are used for transportation of people or goods. Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another Wagons are distinguished from carts (which have two wheels), and from lighter four-wheeled vehicles such as carriages. "CARTS" redirects here For the transportation system see Capital Area Rural Transportation System, or Chautauqua CARTS. A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people usually horse-drawn A wagon could be pulled by one animal or by several, often in pairs.

Sometimes, the word wagon is also used for railroad cars (not motorized, for goods or passengers), and the word is a part / the usual short form of station wagon, the non-British term for a sedan (saloon) with an extended rear cargo area. A railroad car or railway carriage is a Vehicle on a rail transport system (railroad or railway that is used for the carrying of Cargo or A station wagon (or simply wagon) in American, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand usage and an estate car (or just estate Other names: estate (car) / shooting brake (UK), break (F), station sedan (Aus), Kombi (generally in German, in English also varied to combi), Variant (VW models), Caravan (GM's Opel models), Avant (Audi's wagons), Touring (BMW's wagons). The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Adam Opel GmbH (commonly known as Opel) is a German automaker part of General Motors. AUDI AG, ( Xetra: NSU commonly known as Audi (aˈʊdi is a German Automobile manufacturer which produces Audi branded cars with headquarters ( BMW) (Bavarian Motor Works is an independent German automobile manufacturer founded in 1916

An araba (from Arabic: عربة 'araba) (also arba or aroba) is a Carriage (such as a cab or coach A four- wheeled Wagon of simple construction meant to be drawn by a Horse or other large Animal. A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people usually horse-drawn "CARTS" redirects here For the transportation system see Capital Area Rural Transportation System, or Chautauqua CARTS. The Conestoga wagon is a heavy broad-wheeled covered freight carrier used extensively during the United States in the late 1700s and 1800s A dolly that can be coupled to a Truck or trailer so as to support a Semi-trailer. For other meanings see Kart (disambiguation Kart racing or karting is a variant of Open-wheel Motor sport with A golf cart or golf buggy (officially referred to as a golf car according to ANSI standard z130 See also Taxicab ||-||-||}A hackney or hackney carriage (also called a cab or hack) is a Carriage or Automobile Horse -drawn vehicles were once common worldwide but they have mostly been replaced by Automobiles and other forms of self-propelled transport Among horse-drawn vehicles a lorry was a low-loading trolley. The Ox-wagon (Ossewa was a traditional form of Transport, especially in Southern Africa but also in New Zealand and Australia where it was known The Conestoga wagon is a heavy broad-wheeled covered freight carrier used extensively during the United States in the late 1700s and 1800s Radio Flyer is an American Toy company best known for their popular red wagon. A toy wagon has the same structure as the larger wagon (a box on wheels but with an open top and a much smaller size Or see Kart (disambiguation. A soapbox car (also variously known as a soapbox cart, and especially in Australia billy cart For other meanings see Stagecoach (disambiguation. A stagecoach (also called diligence) is a type of four-wheeled enclosed A Tram (trolley or Trolleybus is something else. Among horse-drawn vehicles a trolley was a goods vehicle with a platform body A vardo is a traditional Horse -drawn Wagon used by English Romani Gypsies Wagon Train is a Television Western Series on NBC from 1957 - 1962 and then on ABC from 1962- The wagon-wheel effect (alternatively or stagecoach-wheel effect, stroboscopic effect) is an Optical illusion in which a Spoked Wheel A wheelchair is a wheeled Mobility device in which the user sits

Dictionary

-noun

A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pushed or pulled by human force.
A child’s riding toy, four-wheeled and pulled or steered by a long handle in the front.
(US, Australia, slang) A station wagon.
(slang) A paddy wagon.
A truck, or lorry.
(Ireland, slang, dated) An immoral woman, slapper.

-verb

(transitive) To transport by means of a wagon.
(intransitive) To travel in a wagon.

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