van1

 
Pronunciation: /van/

noun

  • a covered motor vehicle, typically without side windows, used for transporting goods or people: he was arrested and placed in the back of a police van [as modifier]: a van driver
  • British an enclosed railway vehicle for conveying luggage, mail, etc.: [with modifier]: he had been watching the marshalling of the fish vans
  • British a caravan.

Origin:

early 19th century: shortening of caravan