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Synonyms for wains

Grammar : Noun
Spell : weyn
Phonetic Transcription : weɪn

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Définition of wains

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 :
  • They shove the Worm over the cliff into the sea, and bear off the treasure in wains.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • In the train of wains laden with supplies a man lay on top of the goods.
  • Extract from : « Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc » by Mark Twain
  • The wains stopped; the pedestrians halted and gaped and gasped.
  • Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day
  • "Maybe Mrs. Boyle an' th' wains are as hungry as we are," Anna remarked.
  • Extract from : « My Lady of the Chimney Corner » by Alexander Irvine
  • Most of us are away with the wains, and others make holiday.
  • Extract from : « The Lady Of Blossholme » by H. Rider Haggard
  • They bade the game which Siegfried's hand had slain, be carried home on wains.
  • Extract from : « The Nibelungenlied » by Unknown
  • Then men leaped on their horses, and their women were set in wains.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) » by Anonymous
  • The narrow streets are blocked with the wains bringing down, in boxes of every shape and size, the up-country rough leaf.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Travel (1892-1913) » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Bless his wife an' wains, bless them in basket an' store an' take good care of his oul mare.
  • Extract from : « My Lady of the Chimney Corner » by Alexander Irvine
  • Those chariots, to the axle-trees of which scythes were fixed, were called covini, or wains.
  • Extract from : « Old English Chronicles » by Various
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