Phrase Hound found 3 phrases and 16 compound words that contain wains. The most common are listed below. Open wains in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 3
- Conestoga wainsplural of Conestoga wain: A heavy covered wagon with a curved boatlike body popular in the United States from about 1750–1850.
- hay wainsplural of hay wain: A large open vehicle, drawn by horses, used to carry loads of hay; a haywagon.
- horse-wainsplural of horse-wain: A wain (i.e. wagon) drawn by horse.
Compound words 16
- wainscotAn area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
- WainscottA surname.
- ajowainsplural of ajowain: A plant in the family Apiaceae (Trachyspermum ammi).
- boatswainsplural of boatswain: A person aboard ship who is in charge of various maritime affairs.
- cockswainsplural of cockswain: In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
- cordwainsplural of cordwain: A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
- McSwainsplural of McSwain: A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn from Old Norse].
- wainscoatedsimple past and past participle of wainscoat
- wainscoatingObsolete form of wainscoting: Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
- wainscoatingsplural of wainscoating: Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.