Meaning & use
Wain
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(archaic or literary) A large, open farm wagon or cart, typically pulled by horses or oxen.
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The hay wain creaked slowly along the country lane.
Farmers once used a wain to carry the harvest from the fields.
A note on using this word
Survives today mainly in poetic or historical usage, and in the name of the constellation known as 'Charles's Wain' (the Big Dipper).
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wagoncart
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