Caravan
['kærəvæn;kærə'væn] or ['kærəvæn]
Definition
(noun.) a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; 'we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels'; 'they joined the wagon train for safety'.
(verb.) travel in a caravan.
Editor: Terence--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.
(n.) A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts.
(n.) A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van.
Inputed by Jeff
Definition
n. a company of travellers associated together for security in crossing the deserts in the East: a company of people: a large close carriage or any kind of house on wheels.—ns. Caravaneer′ the leader of a caravan; Caravan′sary Caravan′sera a kind of unfurnished inn where caravans stop.
Edited by Bernice
Examples
- Upon the main caravan routes the chief towns rose to a certain second-rate prosperity, and foremost among them were Medina and Mecca. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I wouldn't let any such caravan go through a country of mine. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- At nine in the morning the caravan was before the hotel door and we were at breakfast. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But it was inconvenient for ship or caravan transit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I call their dinner-table, the Caravan. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was an uncouth carriage, looking something like a caravan used at a country fair. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- To spare her the fatigues of the caravan route, it was decided to send her by sea with a suitable escort. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We had left our accompanying caravan far behind us; and now I perceived that the storm had made me unconsciously deviate from my intended route. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- To-day the police traced them down and examined their caravan. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The roof and chimney of Venn's caravan showed behind the tracery and tangles of the brake. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Probably he had to look after her camels or help in her trading operations; and he is said to have travelled with caravans to the Yemen and to Syria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Even the Muscovites now trade regularly with China, by a sort of caravans which go over land through Siberia and Tartary to Pekin. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Roxanne