cartload
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English cartlode, cartelode, equivalent to cart + load.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cartload (plural cartloads)
- The amount that a cart can carry.
- Synonym: cartful
- Coordinate terms: carload, drayload, less than truckload, trailerload, truckload, wagonload
- 1854 Francis Rawdon Chesney - The Russo-Turkish Campaigns of 1828 and 1829
- Two days of skirmishing outside the town were followed by a bold sortie headed by a dervish; and, as the result of this affair, a cartload of heads was sent as trophies to Constantinople.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 101:
- The youngster put some cartloads of food into his bag and set out again.
- (by extension) Any large amount.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot
- 1850, Edward Everett, The Mount Vernon Papers:
- . . . although a little apt to get buried under a cartload of written pleadings, . . .
- (historical, specifically) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
Hyponyms[edit]
- (specific measure): See load
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the amount that a cart can carry
a large amount
Anagrams[edit]
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