DCHP-3

light wagon

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a one-horse vehicle having two seats in front and a space for light freight in the back.

Quotations

1836
At Hamilton I hired a light wagon as they call it, a sort of gig perched in the middle of a wooden tray wherein my baggage was stowed. . . .
1880
The light waggon . . . [and] the two-horse spring waggon similar to the ordinary "democrat" waggon of Ontario, and the double buck-board are the greatest favourites.
1909
Some of our horses are not much to look at, and others are hard to drive, but the way they can haul the light wagons or even the humble ground sleigh along league after league would surprise those not used to them.