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chuckwagon

alt. A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp. n. A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.

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Chuckwagon

A chuckwagon or chuck wagon is a type of " field kitchen" covered wagon historically used for the storage and transportation of perishable food and cooking equipment on the prairies of the United States and Canada. Such wagons formed part of a wagon train of settlers or fed traveling workers such as cowboys or loggers.

In modern times, chuckwagons feature in certain cooking competitions and events. Chuckwagons are also used in a type of horse racing known as chuckwagon racing.

Usage examples of "chuckwagon".

He moved away, taking a circuitous route around the motorized chuckwagon toward the makeshift tent behind the stock trailer.

When changing mounts at noon, I caught out two of my best saddlers and tied one behind the chuckwagon, to be left with a liveryman in town.

When we moved, they moved, chuckwagons, bulldozers, derricks, generators.