1. plural of wangan: a lumberjack’s supply chest or a logging camp’s supply boat
Usage: logging industry; regional

Examples

• The crew loaded their wangans with tools and provisions for the winter logging season.
• Several wangans floated down the river carrying supplies to the remote camps.
• Each logger kept his personal belongings in his own wangan.
• The company sent wangans filled with food and equipment upstream.
• Old wangans from the logging era can still be found in some northern museums.