Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Wain

Wain , noun

[Old English wain, Anglo-Saxon wagn; akin to Dutch & German wagen, Old High German wagan, Icelandic & Swedish vagn, Danish vogn, and English way. {not transcribed}{not transcribed}. See Way, Weigh, and compare Wagon.]

1.
A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon.
The wardens see nothing but a wain of hay. — Jeffrey
Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to the seashore. — Longfellow
2.
A chariot. [Obsolete]
Collocations (2)
The Wain (Astronomy) , See Charles's Wain, in the Vocabulary.
Wain rope , a cart rope. — Shakespeare