A homeless person with his bindle. The definition of bindle is a slang term for a bundle of bedding carried by a hobo.A bundle of blankets and bedding carried by a homeless person is an example of a bindle. â. Slang a bundle, as of bedding, carried by a hobo. bundle of blankets and bedding carried by a homeless person is an example of a bindle.
wagon train, in U.S. history, a group of covered wagons used to convey people and supplies to the West before the coming of the railroad. The wagon replaced the pack, or horse, train in land commerce as soon as proper roads had been built.
COVERED WAGON, the means of transcontinental transportation used for two centuries of American history. The covered wagon was fundamentally a wagon box with a framework of hoop-shaped slats over which a canvas tent was stretched to make a covered wagon. Each wagon was drawn by several teams of horses, mules, or oxen.lthough derived from the Conestoga wagons built in Lancaster, Pa., in the early eighteenth century, the covered wagon used by emigrants on the Oregon and California trails differed in size, design, and purpose.