Cart

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cart \Cart\ (k[aum]rt), n. [AS. cr[ae]t; cf. W. cart, Ir. &
     Gael. cairt, or Icel. kartr. Cf. {Car}.]
     1. A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian
        dwelling on wheels, or a chariot. "Ph[oe]bus' cart."
        --Shak.
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     2. A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of
        husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
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              Packing all his goods in one poor cart. --Dryden.
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     3. A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen,
        butchers, etc.
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     4. An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
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     {Cart horse}, a horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or
        used for drawing heavy loads; -- also spelled {carthorse}.
        
  
     {Cart rope}, a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any
        strong rope.
  
     {To put the cart before the horse}, {To get the cart before
     the horse}, or {To set the cart before the horse}, to invert
        the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting an
        effect for a cause; to do things in an improper order.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cart \Cart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Carting}.]
     1. To carry or convey in a cart.
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     2. To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
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              She chuckled when a bawd was carted.  --Prior.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cart \Cart\, v. i.
     To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a
     carter.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cart
       n 1: a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an
            animal
       2: wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one
          or two or four wheels; "he used a handcart to carry the
          rocks away"; "their pushcart was piled high with
          groceries" [syn: {handcart}, {pushcart}, {go-cart}]
       v 1: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: {haul},
             {hale}, {drag}]
       2: transport something in a cart

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "cart":
     barge, barrow, boat, bring, bus, carry, coach, convey, coup-cart,
     dogcart, drag, dray, dumpcart, ferry, float, handcart, haul,
     horsecart, jinrikisha, lighter, lug, move, oxcart, ponycart,
     pushcart, raft, ricksha, schlep, ship, sled, sledge, tote,
     transport, trolley, truck, two-wheeler, van, wagon, wheelbarrow
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Cart
     a vehicle moving on wheels, and usually drawn by oxen (2 Sam.
     6:3). The Hebrew word thus rendered, _'agalah_ (1 Sam. 6:7, 8),
     is also rendered "wagon" (Gen. 45:19). It is used also to denote
     a war-chariot (Ps. 46:9). Carts were used for the removal of the
     ark and its sacred utensils (Num. 7:3, 6). After retaining the
     ark amongst them for seven months, the Philistines sent it back
     to the Israelites. On this occasion they set it in a new cart,
     probably a rude construction, with solid wooden wheels like that
     still used in Western Asia, which was drawn by two milch cows,
     which conveyed it straight to Beth-shemesh.
     
       A "cart rope," for the purpose of fastening loads on carts, is
     used (Isa. 5:18) as a symbol of the power of sinful pleasures or
     habits over him who indulges them. (See {CORD}.) In
     Syria and Palestine wheel-carriages for any other purpose than
     the conveyance of agricultural produce are almost unknown.