Definitions for "Chuck wagon"
Keywords:  wagon, ranch, bedrolls, cookstove, tarp
A wagon that carried the food (such as canned milk, vegetables, and dried fruits), as well as the bedrolls and water barrel for an outfit. Extra firewood was kept in a tarp or green cowhide and tied up underneath the wagon to protect it from the elements. On the trail drives, the tongue of the wagon was pointed toward the North Star at night so that the trail boss could use it as a compass when the herd moved the next day.
Wagon that carried food and the equipment to cook it
the cooking and supply wagon used by ranch cooks during roundups and cattle drives.