Cart

kärt, n. a two-wheeled vehicle without springs, used for farm purposes, and for conveying heavy loads.— v.t. to convey in a cart: to carry publicly in a cart as a punishment—formerly done to bawds.— ns. Cart′age , the act or cost of carting; Cart′er , one who drives a cart; Cart′-horse , a horse used for drawing a cart; Cart′-house , a shed for keeping carts; Cart′-load , as much as a cart can carry; Cart's-tail , the hind part of a cart; Cart′way , a road or way by which carts may pa ; Cart′wright , a carpenter who makes carts; T′-cart , a four-wheeled open phaeton, seated for four, its ground-plan resembling a T—see also Dog-cart , Mail-cart , Tax-cart , .— Put the cart before the horse , to reverse the natural order of things.— Village Cart , an uncovered two-wheeled carriage for one horse, with a low body and one seat; White chapel cart , or Chapel cart , a light two-wheeled spring-cart much used by butchers in delivering goods to their customers. [Ety. uncertain; from A.S. cræt , or Ice. kartr .]