Conestoga wagon

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Conestoga wagon
    n 1: 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 [syn: {covered wagon}, {Conestoga wagon},
         {Conestoga}, {prairie wagon}, {prairie schooner}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.]

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