wain
pronunciation
How to pronounce wain in British English:
UK [weɪn]
How to pronounce wain in American English:
US [weɪn]
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- Noun:
- large open farm wagon
Word Origin
- wain (n.)
- Old English wægn "wheeled vehicle, wagon, cart," from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (see wagon). Largely fallen from use by c. 1600, but kept alive by poets, who found it easier to rhyme on than wagon. As a name for the Big Dipper/Plough, it is from Old English (see Charles's Wain).
Example
- 1. I wish that the rain would stop and let me cry in wain .
- 2. The blog has also trashed mr wain 's book , which has been held up at malaysian customs .
- 3. Along one side of the field the whole wain went , the arms of the mechanical reaper revolving slowly , till it passed down the hill quite out of sight .
- 4. As soon as the israelite had plucked the first handful of ripe ears , he looked forward with glad anticipation to the time when the wain should creak beneath the sheaves .