carron.
/ˈkɑːrəʊ/ In Madeira, a sledge usually drawn by bullocks.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on runners > [noun] > drawn by oxen
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1882 E. M. Taylor Madeira 198 Those Mount sledges, or carros, in which people are impelled down the steep Mount road at a very rapid rate.
1900 A. J. D. Biddle Madeira Isl. I. 118 The carros (bullock-cars mounted on runners).
1928 J. E. Hutcheon Things seen in Madeira iii. 64 Madeira is indebted to Englishmen for two of these unique modes of conveyance, the bullock-carro, and the running-carro of the mountains.
1928 J. E. Hutcheon Things seen in Madeira iii. 66 There are ox-carros and mule-carros.
1953 E. Nicholas Madeira & Canaries viii. 59 In the old days horses, mules, and bullock carros were used as a means of transport.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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