covered wagon

plural covered wagons

1. historicaltransportA wagon with a frame (typically arched) over which a canvas cover is fixed.
2. UKrail transportA covered goods wagon.

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   The advantages of the train ferry in combining through running (without double handling) with speed and relatively large loads are shown in the decision of the Swedish State Railways to build 100 large covered and 50 open wagons for working to Britain by the ferry services, although the route from Sweden to any destination in the U.K. via Zeebrugge/Harwich is comparatively circuitous; the first of the Swedish covered wagons has already run through to London.

   1962 February, “Talking of Trains: British-owned ferry wagons”, in Modern Railways, page 83

   Synonyms: prairie wagon, whitetop, prairie schooner, ambulance, van