long-wagon, noun

Origin:
Translation of Dutch langwagen.
Wagon-making
The beam (or perch-pole) joining the front and rear axles of a wagon; langwa.
1858 T. Shone Diary. 14 Sept.Henry put a new Long waggon to J. Allen waggon.
a1875 T. Baines Jrnl of Res. (1964) II. 23The iron ‘long wagon’, or connection between the fore- and after-axles, of the same unfortunate vehicle..had given way.
1895 A.B. Balfour 1200 Miles in Waggon 138Extra delay was caused by the ‘long-waggon’ (perch-pole) of the buck-waggon getting badly cracked in crossing a spruit on the wrong road.
1919 Dunell, Ebden & Co.’s Price List Aug. 35Long wagons, Ironwood, Square 20/0 rough, 23/6 dressed.
1973 [see fore-tongue].
The beam (or perch-pole) joining the front and rear axles of a wagon; langwa.
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