waggon
pronunciation
How to pronounce waggon in British English:
UK ['wægən]
How to pronounce waggon in American English:
US [ˈwæɡən]
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- Noun:
- any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by a horse or tractor
- a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
Word Origin
- waggon
- waggon: [16] Waggon was borrowed from Dutch wagen. It has gradually replaced the native English form wain ‘waggon’ [OE]. Both words go back via prehistoric Germanic *wagnaz, *wegnaz to Indo-European *woghnos, *weghnos, a derivative of the base *wogh-, *wegh- ‘carry’ (which also produced English vehicle, way, weigh, etc).=> vehicle, vex, wain, wainscot, way, weigh
Example
- 1. The enemy attacked our waggon train .
- 2. The ragged man drags a waggon of rag fragments .
- 3. The lantern hanging at her waggon had gone out .
- 4. Someone jumped out from the foremost waggon and cried aloud .
- 5. He gets his waggon ready .