oxcart

wagon

Wheeled hauling vehicle

• wheelsCircular rotation devices
• axleShaft for wheel rotation
• yokeCrosspiece binding draft animals

wooden · spokes · hub · shaft · bullock · draft animal · harness · traces · tongue · bed

burden

Oppressive weight or duty

• ladenHeavily weighted down
• haulPull or carry laboriously
• lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly

plodding · slog · strain · grueling · backbreaking · laborious · creaking · groaning · slow · toil

countryside

Rural area beyond towns

• villageSmall rural community
• peasantLow-status agricultural laborer
• rusticRural and unrefined

bucolic · pastoral · dirt road · dusty · muddy · farmstead · hamlet · provincial · agrarian · homestead

plow

Tool for turning soil

• harvestGathering mature crops
• farmingCultivating land for food
• tillageSoil preparation for planting

threshing · crop · haystack · sheaves · manure · paddy · furrow · granary · barn · field

ancient

Very old indeed

• medievalOf the Middle Ages
• pioneerEarly explorer or settler
• settlersThose who establish homes

caravan · trade routes · Silk Road · Bronze Age · colonial · feudal · Mesopotamia · Indus Valley · antiquity · preindustrial

carabao

Philippine draft bovine

• water buffaloAsian domesticated draft bovine
• zebuHumped Asian cattle
• BrahmanSupreme cosmic reality

Southeast Asia · India · Central America · Africa · tropics · paddies · plantation · outback

• animal transporthorse, mule, donkey, camel, elephant
• Frontier Transportcovered wagon, stagecoach, prairie schooner, Conestoga wagon, wagon train
• historic travelGrand Tour, pilgrimages, wagon, Silk Road, covered wagon
• Pre-electric technologywaterwheel, water wheel, windlass, pulley, plow
• unpowered vehiclesbicycle, tricycle, unicycle, wheelchair, kayak
• farm cartshay wagon, manure spreader, wain