pung

pung — noun

1. a light vehicle with a box-shaped wooden body and two metal runners underneath,

1.名詞
釋義

a light vehicle with a box-shaped wooden body and two metal runners underneath, pulled by a single horse, used mainly in the past in snowy regions of the northern United States and Canada for carrying people or goods

例句

Every winter, Grandpa hitched the horse to the pung and drove into town for supplies.

collocation: hitch the horse to the pung

The old pung sat in the barn, its wooden box cracked from years of use.

passive state: sat in the barn

同義詞
  • sleigh

    general term for any vehicle on runners pulled by an animal; pung is a specific type with a box body

  • cutter

    a lighter, more elegant one-horse sleigh; a pung is heavier and more useful for carrying goods

用法筆記

This is a regional term used mainly in New England (United States) and parts of Canada. The pung was a common farm vehicle in the 1800s and early 1900s before cars became widespread.