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Conestoga wagon(encyclopedia)

Conestoga (iou)



Conestoga noun & adjective. Pl. -s, (in sense 1, also) same. L17.
[Prob. from Iroquoian; in senses 2 & 3 from Conestoga, a town in Pennsylvania.]
A member of, of or pertaining to, an Iroquoian people formerly inhabiting parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Also called Susquehannock. L17.
In full Conestoga wagon. A large travelling-wagon. obsolete exc. N. Amer. History. E18.
A heavy American breed of horse. Also Conestoga horse etc. E19.