Fourgon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A French baggage wagon.

    "The usual composition of the L.C.D.R. train was three saloon cars of Wagons-Lits stock, with a Wagons-Lits fourgon or van at one end, while the S.E.R. train, as shown, had two saloons and the fourgon, with a 6-wheel S.E.R. brake at the other end."

  2. 2
    A polygon with four sides; a quadrilateral.
  3. 3
    An ammunition wagon.

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quadrilateralquadrilateral

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"The usual composition of the L.C.D.R. train was three saloon cars of Wagons-Lits stock, with a Wagons-Lits fourgon or van at one end, while the S.E.R. train, as shown, had two saloons and the fourgon, with a 6-wheel S.E.R. brake at the other end."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fourgon.

Etymology 2

From four + -gon.

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