Wain 475684 191661824 2008-02-15T16:00:36Z KVDP 474861 A '''wain''' is a type of [[horse]]-drawn, load-carrying vehicle, used for [[agriculture|agricultural]] purposes rather than transporting people, for example a [[haywain]]. It normally has four wheels but the term has now acquired slightly poetical connotations so is not always used with technical correctness. However, a two-wheeled 'haywain' would be a hay [[cart]], as opposed to a [[carriage]]. "Wain" is also an archaic term for [[chariot]]. Builders of wains were known as wainwrights, just as the builders of carts were known as cartwrights. These trades no longer exist, but the terms survive as the surnames of descendants of those practising these crafts. The vehicle was the subject of [[John Constable]]'s 1821 painting [[The Hay Wain]]. The painting, which was part of Constable's Gold Medal exhibit to [[Charles X]], depicts a site in [[Suffolk]], near Flatford on the river [[Stour]]. == People == * [[Bea Wain]] * ''Charles' Wain'', see [[Big Dipper]] * [[David Wain]] * ''Edward Wain'', see [[Robert Towne]] * [[John Wain]] * [[Louis Wain]] * [[Richard William Leslie Wain]] * [[William Wain Prior]] == Others == * ''[[Burmeister]] & Wain'', see [[MAN B&W Diesel]] * [[Wain (Württemberg)]], a municipality in [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]] === Waine === * [[Waine Pryce]] == See also == * [[Wainwright]] * [[Wein]] {{Agri-stub}} [[Category:Surnames]] [[Category:Wagons]] [[Category:Animal-powered vehicles]]