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cattle wagon

cattle wagon noun: a covered or uncovered goods wagon (mostly formerly) used for the transportation of live cattle.

cattle wagon: a covered or uncovered goods wagon (mostly formerly) used for the transportation of live cattle
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Noun

cattle wagon (plural cattle wagons)

  1. (UK) a covered or uncovered goods wagon (mostly formerly) used for the transportation of live cattle.
    • The 1950 programme of C.I.E. [in Ireland] provides for building 300 more cattle wagons, 200 covered goods wagons, and 30 more goods brake vans.1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Rolling Stock Programme, C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 407
    Synonyms:
    cattle car

Synonyms of cattle wagon

Forms of cattle wagon

pluralcattle wagons

Questions about cattle wagon

What does cattle wagon mean?
Cattle wagon means a covered or uncovered goods wagon (mostly formerly) used for the transportation of live cattle.
What part of speech is cattle wagon?
Cattle wagon is a noun.
What is the plural of cattle wagon?
The plural of cattle wagon is cattle wagons.

Words near cattle wagon in the dictionary

  1. cattle truck
  2. cattle trucked
  3. cattle trucking
  4. cattle trucks
  5. cattle up
  6. cattle wagon
  7. cattle wagons
  8. cattle-buyer
  9. cattle-buyers
  10. cattle-cake
  11. cattle-cakes

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