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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cart \Cart\, v. i.
To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a
carter.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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