mancart

See also: man-cart

English

Alternative forms

• man-cart

Etymology

man +‎ cart

Noun

mancart (plural mancarts)

1. A cart propelled by one or more men.
   • 1967, Lynn Poole, Gray Johnson Poole, One Passion, Two Loves: The Schliemanns of Troy, page 105:

     Through the kindness of Charles Cookson, the English consul at Constantinople, Schliemann procured ten mancarts, unique vehicles pushed by two men and drawn by a third.

   • 1974, Arnold C. Brackman, The Dream of Troy, page 151:

     In his field journal, he estimated that since his preliminary dig in 1870, he and Sophia had removed more than a quarter of a million cubic meters of earth by wheelbarrow, mancart, and oxcart.

   • 1994, Arthur H. Niehoff, On Becoming Human: A Journey of 5,000,000 Years, →ISBN, page 147:

     But Meshaq felt it was more imposing and impressive to the populace to be pulled by men. The usual royal retinue extended before and after the mancart, the royal bodyguards just adjacent to the cart, an army contingent next to them, various members of the court in a group, the minister of religion, and the minister of royal buildings, ...

Anagrams

• Cartman, cartman