( Brit. also waggon )
■ noun
1》 a vehicle, especially a horse-drawn one, for transporting goods.
↘a light covered horse-drawn vehicle as used by early settlers in North America.
↘ chiefly N. Amer. a wheeled cart or hut used as a food stall.
2》 Brit. a railway freight vehicle; a truck.
Phrases
on (or off ) the ~ informal abstaining (or not abstaining) from drinking alcohol.
Derivatives
~load noun
Origin
C15: from Du. wagen ; related to wain .