Phrase Hound found 6 phrases and 26 compound words that contain wain. The most common are listed below. Open wain in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 6
- Charles' WainA bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a wagon or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the seven stars Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid.
- Lesser WainThe constellation Ursa Minor.
- Charles's WainAlternative form of Charles' Wain: A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a wagon or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the seven stars Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar …
- Conestoga wainSynonym of Conestoga wagon: A heavy covered wagon with a curved boatlike body popular in the United States from about 1750–1850.
- hay wainA large open vehicle, drawn by horses, used to carry loads of hay; a haywagon.
- horse-wainA wain (i.e. wagon) drawn by horse.
Compound words 26
- wainageGainage; the team and implements necessary for the cultivation of land.
- wainfulA quantity that fills a wain; wagonful.
- wainboteWood allotted to a tenant for use in repairing wagons.
- wainmanA wagoner.
- wainropeA rope for binding a load on a wagon.
- cartwainA wagon using for hauling loads.
- bridewainA cart or waggon, loaded with household goods, conveyed from a bride's house to her new home; (by extension) the bridal gifts transported upon such a wain.
- wainableCapable of being ploughed or cultivated; arable; tillable.
- wainwrightA person who builds and repairs wagons.
- wainscotAn area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.