Meanings
fourgon1
nounfourgon (plural fourgons)
plural fourgons
- rail transportA French baggage wagon.
The usual composition of the L.C.D.R. train was three saloon cars of Wagons-Lits stock, with a Wagons-Lits fourgon or van at one end, while the S.E.R. train, as shown, had two saloons and the fourgon, with a 6-wheel S.E.R. brake at the other end.
1942 February, “Notes and News: The London-Paris Club Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 53 - An ammunition wagon.
fourgon2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA polygon with four sides; a quadrilateral.
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Origin
fourgon · noun
- Frenchfourgon
- Englishfourgon
Borrowed from French fourgon.
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