Cart
Cart (kart) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon crat; compare Welsh cart, Ir. & Gael. cairt, or Icelandic kartr. Compare Car.]
1.
A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot.
Phobus' cart.
2.
A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
Packing all his goods in one poor cart.
3.
A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc.
4.
An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
Collocations (3)
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 or 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.
Cart , transitive verb
1.
To carry or convey in a cart.
2.
To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
She chuckled when a bawd was carted.
Cart , intransitive verb
To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.