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wagonry

wagonry noun: conveyance by means of a wagon or wagons.

Noun

wagonry (uncountable)

  1. Conveyance by means of a wagon or wagons.
    • Let them make ſhews of reforming while they will, ſo long as the Church is mounted upon the Prelatical Cart, and not as it ought, between the hands of the Miniſters, it will but ſhate and totter; and he that ſets to his hand, though with a good intent to hinder the ſhogging of it, in this unlawful...1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I...
    • In order to maintain themselves, Jewish farmers were compelled to take up supplementary occupations like craftmaking, trade and wagonry.1998, Shalom Cholawski, The Jews of Bielorussia During World War II, page xvi

Forms of wagonry

alternative form (dated)waggonry

Origin of wagonry

From wagon + -ry.

Questions about wagonry

What does wagonry mean?
Wagonry means conveyance by means of a wagon or wagons.
What part of speech is wagonry?
Wagonry is a noun.

Words near wagonry in the dictionary

  1. wagonmistresses
  2. wagonned
  3. wagonner
  4. wagonners
  5. wagonning
  6. wagonry
  7. wagons
  8. wagons-lits
  9. wagonsful
  10. wagonsheet
  11. wagonsheets

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