Home › Words › B › buckwagonbuckwagonbuckwagon means A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.EtymologyFrom Afrikaans bok (“buck; goat”) and English wagon. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible derivation from Middle English bouk (“belly”) or Old English buc (“buck; deer”).nounA strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.e.g.“Upon each loaded buck-wagon, drawn by any sort of animals, not exceeding sixteen in number £0.17s.6d.” — 1871, "An Act to Promote the Construction of a Bridge or Bridges over the Orange River", Cape of Good HopeA buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.e.g.“...while on the remaining days of the week a two-horse buck-wagon or hack is used.” — 1880, B.B. Simms, “Post-Office Deficiencies § Texas”, in United States congressional serial set, page 304:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.buckboard 78% match — A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver. vs buckwagon →wagon 72% match — A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people). vs buckwagon →cartwain 66% match — A wagon using for hauling loads. vs buckwagon →buggy 65% match — A small horse-drawn cart. vs buckwagon →freightwagon 64% match — Any vehicle, such as a cart, wagon, lorry, truck, or boxcar, used for carrying or transporting goods; a cargo truck. vs buckwagon →wain 63% match — A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen. vs buckwagon →battlewagon 63% match — A heavily armed combat vehicle; a tank. vs buckwagon →wagonwork 61% match — The work of transporting goods on a wagon. vs buckwagon →