Waggon

Quick meaning: Waggon is a noun meaning (chiefly British) Dated spelling of wagon.

Meaning

(chiefly British) Dated spelling of wagon.

Example Sentences

We go on like one of those country waggons, creaking along in the old ruts […]

The waggons are deep and square; wider at the top than at the bottom, and are fast at all sides. The bottom has hinges, and can be let down to discharge the coals, of which these waggons contain about three bolls each.

The ore is firſt waggoned to the river, a quarter of a mile, then laden on board of canoes, and carried acroſs the river, which is there about 200 yards wide, and then again taken into waggons and carried to he furnace.

It was five miles or more from Maggot's lane to the Ferry. The hobbits wrapped themselves up, but their ears were strained for any sound above the creak of the wheels and the slow clop of the ponies' hoofs. The waggon seemed slower than a snail to Frodo.

Word Forms

• waggons
• waggoning
• waggoned

Synonyms for waggon

Depending on context, synonyms include wagon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wagon, waggonette, waggonage, waggonload, wain, wagonette.

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