Wagon-train
noun, U.S. History.
1.
a train of wagons and horses, as one carrying military supplies or transporting settlers in the westward migration.
noun
1.
a supply train of horses and wagons, esp one going over rough terrain
Read Also:
- Wagon-vault
noun 1. barrel vault. noun 1. another name for barrel vault
- Wagram
noun 1. a village in NE Austria: Napoleon defeated the Austrians here in 1809. noun 1. a village in NE Austria: scene of the defeat of the Austrians by Napoleon in 1809
- Wagtail
noun 1. any of numerous small, chiefly Old World birds of the family Motacillidae, having a slender body with a long, narrow tail that is habitually wagged up and down. 2. any of several similar birds, as the water thrushes of the genus Seiurus. noun 1. any of various passerine songbirds of the genera Motacilla […]
- Wagyu
noun 1. any of several Japanese breeds of beef cattle, raised to produce Kobe beef 2. another name for Kobe beef
- Wahabi
noun, plural Wahhabis. Islam. 1. a follower of ʿAbd al-Wahhab (1703–1792), who stringently opposed all practices not sanctioned by the Koran. The Wahhabis, founded in the 18th century, are the most conservative Muslim group and are today found mainly in Saudi Arabia. noun (pl) -bis 1. a member of a strictly conservative Muslim sect founded […]