goods wagon

noun

British.

1. a heavy railroad freight car.

Word History and Origins

Origin of goods wagon¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Footage on social media appeared to show grain being spilled onto a train track from a goods wagon at the Medyka crossing.

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The great-grandmother, according to Tumasova, described how she was packed into a railway goods wagon with dozens of others for the weeks-long journey into exile in Kyrgyzstan, near the border with China.

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It was just ten when he came to Mr. Jackson, who was perched on a goods wagon, watching the jointing of the rails some distance from the encampment.

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But he found out when you were leaving, and hid in a goods wagon that reached Southampton a little before we did, and watched his opportunity to slip on board when the barque was lying at the quay-side.

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This carriage may be at will turned into a goods wagon or a passenger carriage for sixteen persons, with seats back to back, or an ambulance wagon for eight wounded persons.

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