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ox cart
[ox 5.]
A cart drawn by an ox. Also transf.
1749J. Hempstead Diary 6 July (1901) 526 No ox Carts in these parts & very few Horse Carts. 1877M. M. Grant Sun-Maid i, And then emerged..an ox-cart. 1918E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 427 Ox Cart. —A slang name for a heavy French shell which moves with a moderate velocity. 1973Country Life 29 Nov. 1802/3 Continuously exploring..deeper into veldt and jungle, leading, on his Arab pony, a train of ox carts. 1975Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Dec. 1462/1 Crane's noble and well-loved print ‘The Triumph of Labour’ with its procession of garlanded oxcarts and rejoicing workers. |