prairie schooner
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prairie schooner
n.
A covered wagon, drawn by horses or oxen, that was used by pioneers in crossing the North American prairies and plains.
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prairie schooner
n
(Historical Terms) chiefly US a horse-drawn covered wagon similar to but smaller than a Conestoga wagon, used in the 19th century to cross the prairies of North America
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prai′rie schoon`er
n.
a covered wagon similar to the Conestoga wagon, used by pioneers in crossing the prairies and plains of North America.
[1835–45]
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| Noun | 1. |  prairie schooner - a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th centurycaravan, wagon train, train - a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety" |
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