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Buckwagon vs Buckboard - What's the difference?

buckwagon | buckboard |

As nouns the difference between buckwagon and buckboard

is that buckwagon is (south africa) a strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods while buckboard is a simple, distinctively american four-wheeled horse-pulled wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver.

buckwagon

English

Alternative forms

* buck-wagon

Noun

(en noun)
  • (South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
  • * 1871 , "An Act to Promote the Construction of a Bridge or Bridges over the Orange River", Cape of Good Hope:
    • Upon each loaded buck-wagon , drawn by any sort of animals, not exceeding sixteen in number £0.17s.6d.
  • (US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
  • * 1880 , B.B. Simms, "Post-Office Deficiencies § Texas", United States congressional serial set , page 304:
    • ...while on the remaining days of the week a two-horse buck-wagon or hack is used.

    References

    * "buckwagon" in Noah Webster, Chauncey Goodrich, Noah Porter, and James Hadley. An American Dictionary of the English Language , 1864 * "buck, n.5" in *

    buckboard

    English

    (wikipedia buckboard)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-pulled wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver.