Ice Wagon (Noun)
Meaning
(formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The horse pulled a wooden ice wagon through the neighborhood, delivering ice to each household daily.
- Before electric refrigerators became common, many homes relied on the daily visit from the ice wagon to keep their food cold.
- In the early 20th century, the ice wagon driver would typically chip a piece of ice from the large block to sell to each customer.
- On hot summer days, the jingling of the ice wagon's bell signaled relief to families without modern air conditioning.
- The restored horse-drawn ice wagon in the museum transported visitors back in time, recreating the sights and sounds of an earlier era.