by Kate Smith 1 Comment. Gray is the color of intellect, knowledge, and wisdom. It is perceived as long-lasting, classic, and often as sleek or refined. It is a color that is dignified, conservative, and carries authority.
The Dutch word wagen is the source of our wagon. It is related to wain (Old English), an old word for âwagonâ that is now mainly encountered in the name of a star formation Charles's Wain, now more commonly called the Plough.Wainscot (Middle English) is from Middle Low German wagenschot, apparently from wagen âwagonâ and schot, probably meaning âpartitionâ. A vehicle used for transporting goods or another specified purpose: a timber wagon a breakdown wagon. More example sentences. 1  Years ago the refuse wagon had a trailer on the back for waste paper and cardboard.
3. 'truck' and 'wagon'. In British English, a truck is an open vehicle used for carrying goods on a railway. ...a long truck loaded with bricks. In American English, this vehicle is called a freight car or a flatcar.The train, carrying loaded containers on flatcars, was 1.2 miles long. ...the nation's third-largest railroad freight car maker. In British English, a wagon is a vehicle with a top, sides and a sliding door, used for carrying goods on a railway.The pesticides ended up at several sites, almost half of them in railway wagons at Bajza station.In American English, vehicles like these are usually called boxcars.n American English, this vehicle is called a freight car or a flatcar. The train, carrying loaded containers on flatcars, was 1.2 miles long. ...the nation's third-largest railroad freight car maker. In British English, a wagon is a vehicle with a top, sides and a sliding door, used for carrying goods on a railway.