wagon train

wagon train
noun
a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
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we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels

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they joined the wagon train for safety

Syn: ↑caravan, ↑train
Derivationally related forms: ↑caravan (for: ↑caravan)
Hypernyms: ↑procession
Member Meronyms: ↑covered wagon, ↑Conestoga wagon, ↑Conestoga, ↑prairie wagon, ↑prairie schooner

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noun, pl ⋯ trains [count]
: a long line of wagons traveling together over land; especially : a line of wagons traveling west in the U.S. during the 1800s

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ˈwagon train [wagon train wagon trains] noun
a long line of ↑wagons and horses, used by people travelling west in N America in the 19th century
 
Culture:
Wagon trains often carried families going to settle in the West but were also used to move military and other supplies. Wagon Train was a popular ↑NBC television series (1957–65) about people making such a journey.
See also Conestoga wagon
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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