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cattle wagons

cattle wagons is the plural of cattle wagon.

Meaning of cattle wagon

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

Questions about cattle wagons

What is cattle wagons the plural of?
Cattle wagons is the plural of cattle wagon.

Words near cattle wagons in the dictionary

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

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