wain

Examples

• All

• In the central panel of The Hay Wain with the hay wagon symbol, no particular time

  Academic text (2001)

• Some more wain.

  Away from Her (2007)

• The farmer filled the wain with fresh hay for the animals.

• As the sun set, the old wain creaked alongside the dirt road, loaded with crops.

• They used the wain to transport the harvest from the field to the barn.

Synonyms

W

wagon

vswain

88 1.0

A four-wheeled vehicle pulled by animals or a tractor to carry goods

is mainly a large open farm vehicle for carrying crops and hay, not people

H

haycart

vswain

7.0

A farm cart that carries hay, pulled by horses or oxen

is broader, used for many farm crops and hay rather than only dried grass

W

waggon

vswain

• Archaic

4.0

A heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by animals or a tractor to carry things

is used on farms for open crop and hay loads, not general heavy goods

Compounds

C

Charles's Wain

• Archaic

9.9

A group of seven bright stars that form the Big Dipper in the Ursa Major star pattern

How Big

wain

• Archaic

9.9

wagon

88 1.0

cart

297 1.0

wheelbarrow

24 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology