Definition of "wagon train" []

• A line or train of wagons traveling cross-country. (noun)

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• "It depicted a wagon train in a circle, pots of stew in the center, crudely drawn wagoneers wearing crudely drawn smiles."
• "This wagon train was larger than the Feathersnake train commanded by Green Stone, and there was far less organization."
• "The wagon train followed the Platte River across Nebraska."