'Conestoga wagon' definitions:
Definition of 'Conestoga wagon'
(from WordNet)
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 [syn: covered wagon, Conestoga wagon, Conestoga, prairie wagon, prairie schooner]
Definition of 'Conestoga wagon'
From: GCIDE
- Conestoga wagon \Con`es*to"ga wag`on\ or Conestoga wain \Con`es*to"ga wain\ [From Conestoga, Pennsylvania.] A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]