(n.) 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.
(n.) A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for
conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of
wild beasts.
(n.) A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving
furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van.
