<P> Having shared antecedents with the British shooting - brake ( originally a wooden - bodied vehicle used to carry shooting parties with their equipment and game ) , station wagons have been marketed as breaks , using the French term ( which is sometimes given fully as break de chasse , literally `` hunting break ) . '' Early U.S. models often had exposed wooden bodies and were therefore called woodies . </P>
<P> Having shared antecedents with the British shooting - brake ( originally a wooden - bodied vehicle used to carry shooting parties with their equipment and game ) , station wagons have been marketed as breaks , using the French term ( which is sometimes given fully as break de chasse , literally `` hunting break ) . '' Early U.S. models often had exposed wooden bodies and were therefore called woodies . </P>
where did the word station wagon come from
where did the word station wagon come from
wooden - bodied vehicle used to carry shooting parties with their equipment and game
wooden - bodied vehicle used to carry shooting parties with their equipment and game