cartload
English
Etymology
From Middle English cartlode, cartelode, equivalent to cart + load.
Pronunciation
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Noun
cartload (plural cartloads)
- The amount that a cart can carry.
- 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.
- 1854 Francis Rawdon Chesney - The Russo-Turkish Campaigns of 1828 and 1829
- (by extension) Any large amount.
- 1850 Edward Everett - The Mount Vernon Papers
- . . . although a little apt to get buried under a cartload of written pleadings, . . .
- 1850 Edward Everett - The Mount Vernon Papers
- (historical, specifically) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
Synonyms
- (amount that a cart can carry): cartful
- (unspecific amount): wagonload, cart, wagon, fodder, fother
- (specific measure): See load
Hyponyms
- (specific measure): See load
Translations
the amount that a cart can carry
a large amount