ice wagon

• Termo histórico para um caminhão frigorífico ou carroça puxada por cavalos usada para entregar blocos de gelo em casas e comércios antes da difusão dos refrigeradores elétricos. Também é usado como gíria para carro funerário ou furgão de polícia.

A historical term for a refrigerated truck or horse-drawn cart used to deliver blocks of ice to homes and businesses before the widespread use of electric refrigerators. Also sometimes used as slang for a hearse or police van.

1. Historical vehicle for ice deliveryB2formalamerican

   A horse-drawn or motorized vehicle used in the past to deliver blocks of ice to homes and businesses for refrigeration.

   carroça de gelo

   • In the early 1900s, the ice wagon came down the street every morning.
   • Children would run after the ice wagon to get small chips of ice.
   • The ice wagon was a common sight before electric refrigerators became popular.

2. Slang for a slow or old vehicleC1slangamerican

   An informal term for a very slow, old, or unreliable vehicle, especially a car or truck.

   Lataria velha

   • His old pickup truck is a real ice wagon; it can barely get up the hill.
   • Don't take that ice wagon to the highway; it'll break down.
   • They called their beat-up van the ice wagon because it was so slow.