wagon train
a train of wagons and horses, as one carrying military supplies or transporting settlers in the westward migration.
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How to use wagon train in a sentence
In The Oregon Trail, each wagon train was allowed five members.
‘The Oregon Trail’ Isn’t Just a Game. It’s an American Legacy. | klindsey | December 9, 2021 | Outside OnlineJohnston was forced to fight at this time because he did not want them to capture his wagon train.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyHe reached Springfield in safety and there joined a wagon train en route for Rolla, guarded by a detachment of fifty cavalry.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnHe offers a special wagon train for the purpose, and insists that I shall accompany it.
Overland | John William De ForestI thought but one wagon train of your supplies would go to the water front this night.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants | H. Irving Hancock
They had not dreamed that the wagon-train would be so accompanied.
With Spurs of Gold | Frances Nimmo Greene
British Dictionary definitions for wagon train
a supply train of horses and wagons, esp one going over rough terrain
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