wagonload

[ wag-uhn-lohd ]

noun

1. the load carried by a wagon.

wagonload

/ ˈwæɡənˌləʊd /

noun

1. the load that is or can be carried by a wagon

Word History and Origins

Origin of wagonload¹

First recorded in 1715–25; wagon + load

Example Sentences

The train has come in, here at Pierrefitte, and the diligence for Cauterets is just leaving, attended by a wagonload of trunks.

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Toward the close of the day we overtook a Mormon farmer having a wagonload of garden truck and other produce.

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And Northern-manufactured goods filtered south by the wagonload.

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Then one day he drove a team of boneyard mules into Blue Dog with a wagonload of stuff that the natives stared at.

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They kivered him with a forty-four Winchester, while one wagonload o' terbacker was piled on ther rails.

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