covered wagon

NOUN

wagon with a canvas roof

Synonyms

WEAK

Conestoga wagon prairie schooner prairie wagon stagecoach

Example Sentences

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A week or so before that, “A Prayer for a New Life,” artist Morgan Weistling’s westward-expansion-era scene featuring a white family in a covered wagon making their way across golden plains.

From Los Angeles Times

Srinivasan, who is Indian American, said that although the covered wagon painting is not offensive in and of itself, the timing of the Homeland Security post raises questions about the government’s intended meaning.

From Los Angeles Times

I doubted Dryden would last very long in a covered wagon out on the prairie.

From BBC

The chef’s menu was inspired by the famous Ride to Rendezvous, a five-day Methow Valley horseback and covered wagon excursion by the Washington Outfitters and Guides every spring.

From Seattle Times

“That was such a hard time,” Girma gushes, as if Morgan, the most experienced player on the U.S. women’s World Cup team, rode to games in a covered wagon.

From Los Angeles Times