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prairie schooners (covered wagons, wagons (cargo vehicles), ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Covered wagons of medium size carrying freight and emigrants across the western prairies and plains of the United States; generally characterized by mostly straight lines and linen tops; for similar wagons used predominantly east of the Mississippi River and having a boat-shaped profile with flaring ends, use "Conestoga wagons." |
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prairie schooners (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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prairie schooner (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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schooner, prairie (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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schooners, prairie (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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prairiewagens (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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prairiewagen (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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chariot couvert (C,U,French-P,AD,U,MSN)
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Präriewagen (C,U,German-P,D,B)
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galeras de praderas (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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galera de praderas (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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........ Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name) (G) |
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Dutch ..... Overdekte wagens van gemiddelde grootte voor het vervoeren van vrachten en emigranten over de prairies en vlakten in het westen van de Verenigde Staten; meestal met rechte lijnen en linnen kappen; gebruik 'zware huifkarren' voor soortgelijke wagens die vooral werden gebruikt ten oosten van de Mississippi, met een bootvormig zijaanzicht en buitenwaards afrondende achterkleppen. |
German ..... Planwagen mittlerer Größe, der Fracht und Siedler durch die Prärie in den Westen der USA beförderte; allgemein gekennzeichnet durch überwiegend gerade Linien und eine Leinwandplane. Für den ähnlichen, aber schwereren Wagen, der vorwiegend östlich des Flusses Mississippi genutzt wurde und der einen bootsförmigen Querschnitt hat, mit nach außen geneigter Vorderwand und Hinterwand, siehe "Conestoga Wagon". |
Spanish ..... Vagones cubiertos de tamaño mediano que transportaban carga y inmigrantes a lo largo de las pradera y planicies occidentales de los Estados Unidos; caracterizados generalmente por sus líneas rectas y cubeirtas de lino; para vagones similares usadas al este del Mississippi y con un perfil en forma de barco con extremos acampanados, use "vagón Conestoga" |
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Conestoga wagons |
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(covered wagons, wagons (cargo vehicles), ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300212701] |
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