wagon-lit

(vȧ gōn lē′)

in Europe, a railroad sleeping car

Origin: Fr < wagon, car, railway coach (< E wagon) + lit, bed < L lectus: see lie

See wagon-lit in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. wa·gons-lits or wa·gon-lits

A sleeping car on a European railroad train.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: : wagon, railroad car (from English wagon)

Origin: + lit, bed (from Old French, from Latin lēctus; see legh- in Indo-European roots)

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