 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cart
noun
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}]
verb
1: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: {haul},
{hale}, {drag}]
2: transport something in a cart
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cart \Cart\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Carted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Carting}.]
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. --Prior.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cart \Cart\, verb (used without an object)
To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a
carter.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cart \Cart\ (k[aum]rt), noun [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.
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. --Dryden.
3. A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen,
butchers, etc.
4. An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
{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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
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.
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