n. 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.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A four-wheeled carriage in which a long elastic board or frame is used in place of body, springs, and gear.
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n. an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles
Word Usage
"All he had retained for himself was a span of old horses, a mountain buckboard, and his one room in the crowded house."