wagon-sheet

A form of wagonsheet — A large cloth, usually canvas, that covers the bed of a wagon to keep dust off the load.

Meanings

nounwagon-sheet (plural wagon-sheets)

plural wagon-sheets

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wagonsheet.

    The downpour was terrific, and the lightning a blaze of light, intense, with thousands of flashes on the wagon-sheet.

    2012, J. Evetts Haley, Charles Goodnight: Cowman and Plainsman
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APA

wagon-sheet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wagon-sheet

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wagon-sheet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wagon-sheet.

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