Conestoga wagon \Con`es*to"ga wag`on\ or wain \wain\ [From Conestoga, Pennsylvania.] A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies.
Conestoga wagon n : a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century [syn: {covered wagon}, {Conestoga}, {prairie wagon}, {prairie schooner}]