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noun \ˈkärt\Definition of CART
1
: a heavy usually horse-drawn 2-wheeled vehicle used for farming or transporting freight
2
: a lightweight 2-wheeled vehicle drawn by a horse, pony, or dog
3
: a small wheeled vehicle
See Examples of CART
- <a cart piled up with hay>
Origin of CART
Middle English, probably from Old Norse kartr; akin to Old English cræt cart
First Known Use: 13th century
2cart
transitive verbDefinition of CART
1
: to carry or convey in or as if in a cart <buses to cart the kids to and from school — L. S. Gannett>
2
: to take or drag away without ceremony or by force —usually used with off <they carted him off to jail>
— cart·er noun
Examples of CART
- We carted some dirt to the garden.
- I carted all the books home.
- He carted the bags away.
First Known Use of CART
14th century
cart
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Two-wheeled vehicle drawn by a draft animal, used throughout recorded history for transporting freight and people. The simplest of vehicles, its frame consists merely of crossed wooden stakes or a box with shafts as an extension of the frame. Carts are known to have been used by the Greeks and Assyrians by 1800 BC, though earlier use (c. 3500 BC) can be assumed.
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