Wagonsheet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wagonsheet is a noun meaning A large cloth, usually canvas, that covers the bed of a wagon to keep dust off the load.
Meaning
A large cloth, usually canvas, that covers the bed of a wagon to keep dust off the load.
Example Sentences
A wet wagonsheet wrapped around it served both to keep the flies off and to cool the carcass.
He had no physician here except for Dust Devil and her medicinal herbs, and no shelter either, save for the pitched wagonsheet, or two wagonbeds.
We found out he would go out into a pasture, stretch a wagonsheet in the gate and drive the sheep across . The wagonsheet kept them from leaving leaving tracks.
Word Forms
- wagonsheets
- wagon-sheet
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wagon-sheet, sheeter, bedroll, pallet, groundsheet, stakebed.
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