fourgon

[ foor-gawn ]

noun

, French.

, plural four·gons [f, oo, r, -, gawn].

1. a long covered wagon for carrying baggage, goods, military supplies, etc.; a van or tumbril.

fourgon

/ furɡɔ̃ /

noun

1. a long covered wagon, used mainly for carrying baggage, supplies, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of fourgon¹

C19: from French: from Old French forgon poker, from furgier to search, ultimately from Latin fūr thief

Example Sentences

As we had a fourgon with us, with provender for the cattle and provisions for ourselves, we wanted nothing but beds and a good fire; and as the only one lighted was in the old man's apartments, he first took us there.

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I understood that when I reached Erzerum I should be able to drive to Trebizond in a fourgon, so I sent Murphy to Van on Boy, and thought with much satisfaction of the ease of the coming journey.

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Fourgon, fōōr-gong′, n. a baggage-wagon.

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A hunting fourgon, drawn by two horses driven tandem, served as a funeral-car for a magnificent stag reposing upon a bed of green branches, with his enormous antlers adorned with long floating ribbons.

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Behind this fourgon came the huntsmen, all on horseback, some in long scarlet redingotes, others clad out of courtesy in uniform like that worn by the young Marquis de Pont Brillant.

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