Read full poem →The Wain upon the northern steep
Descends and lifts away.
Dictionary Entry
A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
In a Sentence
“"The Hay Wain" is a famous painting by John Constable.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. wainwright wainwain johnwain haywain louiswain norawain barry
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Poetry examples for “wain”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The region of the spheral chime;
He does but drag a rumbling wain,
Cheer’d by the coupled bells of rhyme;
Read full poem →By that, the welked Phœbus gan availe
His weary wain; and now the frosty Night
Her mantle black through heaven gan overhale:
Read full poem →Like boys that run behind the loaded wain
For the mere joy of riding back again,
Read full poem →Linkt to the mutual flowing of the Seas,
Yet (strange to think) his wain was his increase:
His Letters are deliver'd all and gon,