Conestoga wagon — on Oregon Trail reenactment in 1961 … Wikipedia
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.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Conestoga wagon — ☆ Conestoga wagon [kän΄ə stō′gə ] n. [after Conestoga Valley, Lancaster County, Pa., where the wagons were made] a broad wheeled covered wagon used for hauling freight in colonial America: cf. PRAIRIE SCHOONER … English World dictionary
Conestoga wagon — /kon euh stoh geuh, kon / a large, heavy, broad wheeled covered wagon, used esp. for transporting pioneers and freight across North America during the early westward migration. Also called Conestoga. [1690 1700; named after Conestoga, Pa., where… … Universalium
Conestoga wagon — 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 (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑covered wagon, ↑Conestoga, ↑prairie wagon, ↑prairie schooner • Hypernyms: ↑wagon, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Conestoga wagon — noun Etymology: Conestoga, Pa. Date: 1717 a broad wheeled covered wagon drawn usually by six horses and used especially for transporting freight across the prairies called also Conestoga … New Collegiate Dictionary
Conestoga wagon — Con′es•to′ga wag′on [[t]ˈkɒn əˈstoʊ gə, ˌkɒn [/t]] n. trs a large, heavy, broad wheeled covered wagon, used to transport freight across North America during the early westward migration. Also called Con es•to′ga • Etymology: 1715–20; after… … From formal English to slang
Conestoga River — Origin Berks County, Pennsylvania Mouth Susquehanna River … Wikipedia
Conestoga — originally referred to the Conestoga (people), an English name for the Susquehannock people of Pennsylvania. It may also refer to: simply people from the Pennsylvania in 1856 Year, refereed to this named and eventually they scattered in different … Wikipedia
Conestoga — 1690s, name of an Indian tribe in southcentral Pennsylvania, probably from some Iroquoian language and sometimes said to mean people of the cabin pole; later a place in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A characteristic type of covered wagon,… … Etymology dictionary