station wagon

noun2

1. •
   (US, Australia) A body style for cars in which the roof is extended rearward to produce an enclosed area in the position and serving the function of the boot (trunk) of a sedan or saloon.

   • The prosperity of the postwar years, the baby boom, and the birth of suburbia sent the demand for station wagons soaring. As a result, by 1952 almost every manufacturer offered a station wagon model. — 2005
2. •
   (no longer used) A vehicle (either horse-drawn or motorized) providing transport to and from a railway station for passengers and their luggage.

   • We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith. — 1897