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Synonyms for wain


Grammar : Noun
Spell : weyn
Phonetic Transcription : weɪn

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Définition of wain

Origin :
  • Old English wægn "wheeled vehicle," from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (see wagon). Largely fallen from use by c.1600, but kept alive by poets, who found it easier to rhyme on than wagon. As a name for the Big Dipper/Plough, it is from Old English (see Charles's Wain).
  • As in wagon : noun cart
  • As in wagon : noun vehicle
Example sentences :
  • Then he hoisted the tree on to the wain, roped it into place, and told the cartman to drive on.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • Then, all at once, a wain had stood at the gate: the servants hastened to open it.
  • Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
  • And after the wain, on foot, the two brothers, hand in hand.
  • Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
  • Lorand pointed speechlessly to the wain, and could not tell them.
  • Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
  • With the Wenman, who drove the wain, we may mention the Leader or Loader.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Names » by Ernest Weekley
  • An earlier Godolphin had been one of the "four wheels of Charles's Wain."
  • Extract from : « The Cornwall Coast » by Arthur L. Salmon
  • Thus in Charles' Wain some of the stars are approaching, others receding.
  • Extract from : « The Beauties of Nature » by Sir John Lubbock
  • And may I take out my little ummabella (umbrella), case it might wain?
  • Extract from : « A World of Girls » by L. T. Meade
  • But—breakfast at 6:30, and Charles's Wain over the new chimney, or its equivalent!
  • Extract from : « It Never Can Happen Again » by William De Morgan
  • Swiftly her attendants prepared the wain and harnessed the mules.
  • Extract from : « Half a Hundred Hero Tales » by Various
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