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Wagon
A '''wagon''' (in British English, sometimes '''waggon''') or '''dray''' is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle. Wagons were formerly pulled by animals such as horse|horses, mule|mules or ox|oxen. Today farm wagons are pulled by tractors and trucks. Wagons are used for transportation of people or good (accounting)|goods. Wagons are distinguished from carts (which have two wheels), and from lighter four-wheeled vehicles such as carriages. A wagon could be pulled by one animal or by several, often in pairs.
Sometimes, the word ''wagon'' is also used for railroad cars (not motorized, for goods or passengers), and the word is a part / the usual short form of station wagon, the non-British term for a sedan (saloon) with an extended rear cargo area. Other names: estate (car) / shooting brake (UK), break (F), station sedan (Aus), Kombi (generally in German language|German, in English language|English also varied to combi), Variant (Volkswagen|VW models), Caravan (General Motors|GM's Opel models), Avant (Audi's wagons), Touring (BMW's wagons).
The word is also sometimes used as a colloquialism for any vehicle, particularly in the British Military.
See also
- Araba (carriage)|Araba
- Baby transport#Pushable vehicles|Baby carriage
- Buckboard
- Carriage
- Cart
- Conestoga wagon
- Dolly
- Dolly (trailer)
- Kart racing|Go-cart
- Golf cart
- Hackney carriage
- Horse-drawn vehicles
- Forklift truck
- Lorry (horse-drawn)
- bus|Omnibus
- Ox-wagon
- Baby transport#Pushable vehicles|Perambulator
- Prairie schooner
- Radio Flyer (company)|Radio Flyer toy wagon
- Soapbox (car)|Soapbox
- Stagecoach
- Surrey (disambiguation)#Surrey|Surrey
- Trolley (horse-drawn)
- Twenty mule team
- Vardo (gypsy wagon)
- Wagon train
- Wagon-wheel effect
- Wheel chair
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Category:Dutch loanwords
Category:Animal-powered vehicles
Related Images- Wagon with horses harnessed to its pole
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