wagonload

American  

[wag-uhn-lohd] / ˈwæg ənˌloʊd /

noun

1. the load carried by a wagon.

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wagonload British  

/ ˈwæɡənˌləʊd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of wagonload

First recorded in 1715–25; wagon + load

Example Sentences

The factory produced just one wagonload of ammunition before the war ended in May 1945 and the camp was liberated.

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2022

In my short story “The Art of Loading Brush,” when Andy Catlett and his brother go to a neighbor’s farm, there’s a wagonload of junk, and it’s beautifully loaded.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 14, 2019

So I get up and draw a roadway, and a mirror in that roadway, and moving toward that mirror, a wagonload of characters.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2014

The rest of us—two fighters, a cleric, a magic user, and a rogue—were told that we had been hired to deliver a wagonload of supplies to the town of Phandalin.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 18, 2014

We finished the packing while Uncle supervised us, and by the time we had the last wagonload ready, Hand Clap had come back.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep