wain

Archaic farm vehicle

A wain is an archaic or literary word for a wagon, especially a large farm cart used for hauling heavy loads like hay or grain: The wain creaked under its burden of harvest wheat.

The word survives mainly in poetry and in the constellation name Charles's Wain, an old term for the Big Dipper.

constellation

Ursa Major

Northern bear constellation

Big DipperSeven-star northern asterism
PloughUK name for asterism
starsLuminous celestial bodies

Great Bear · night sky · celestial · navigation · asterism · circumpolar · Polaris

cart

oxen

Castrated male cattle

horseDomesticated riding animal
wheelsCircular rotation devices
axleShaft for wheel rotation

wooden · load · haul · hay · straw · barrow · dray · trundle · carrier · freight

harvest

sheaves

Bound clusters of stalks

grainCereal plant's harvest unit
barleyGrain for malt
reaperOne who gathers crops

scythe · threshing · haystack · crops · autumn · sickle · winnowing · gleaners · rick · cornfield

Opposites

vehicle technology/era

waintruck

Heavy freight vehicle

lorry · semi-truck · eighteen-wheeler · tractor-trailer · automobile

vehicle size and capacity

wainwheelbarrow

One-wheeled carrying cart

handcart · pushcart · barrow · dolly

vehicle scale and purpose

wainsedan

Enclosed passenger car

carriage · coach · hansom cab · velocipede · wheelbarrow

Family

wainwright

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G