CARAVANNING

caravanning

(noun) the practice of taking holidays in a caravan

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

caravanning (uncountable)

holidaying in a caravan, either mobile or in a permanent site

Source: Wiktionary


CARAVAN

Car"a*van, n. Etym: [F. caravane (cf. Sp. caravana), fr. Per. karmwan a caravan (in sense 1). Cf. Van a wagon.]

1. A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.

2. A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts.

3. A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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