A wheeled, usually horse-drawn conveyance; a carriage, cart, or wagon. In later use chiefly with modifying words. Compare jaunting-car, n. Now rare.
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| 释义 | society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] (112) carc1320 A wheeled, usually horse-drawn conveyance; a carriage, cart, or wagon. In later use chiefly with modifying words. Compare jaunting-car, n. Now rare. chara1400 A chariot, car: a cart, wagon. Later examples show the French word char used in English-language contexts in the nineteenth century. charet?a1400 A wheeled vehicle or conveyance. for persons or goods; a carriage, chariot, cart, wagon, etc. wagon1542 A carriage of any kind for the conveyance of persons, their luggage, etc. Obsolete. carry1600 A cart, wagon, or other small vehicle used to carry or transport something; spec. (a) (Scottish and Irish English (northern)) a two-wheeled barrow… rotan1676 A horse-drawn vehicle, esp. a cart. messagerie1777 Chiefly in France or in French contexts: a conveyance for the commercial transportation or delivery of goods, messages, or people; (the generic name… pillbox1789 figurative and humorous. Something likened to a pillbox, esp. in size, as a very small or cramped space, vehicle, etc.; something paltry or… bandy1791 A carriage, bullock-carriage, buggy, or cart, used in India. Pennsylvania wagon1800 a type of large covered wagon originating in Pennsylvania, a Conestoga wagon (cf. prairie schooner, n.). gharry1810 (See quots.) rath1813 A covered bullock- or horse-drawn vehicle. vardo1819 A Gypsy caravan. Also more generally (cant): †a wagon (obsolete). rig1831 Originally and chiefly North American. Originally: a horse-drawn vehicle, frequently including attendants, horses, and harness. Later: any (usually… Subcategories:— with its draught animals (6) — train of (2) — specific horse-drawn (3) — drawn by specific number or arrangement (7) — for breaking young horses (1) — drawn by oxen (1) — light (14) — small and clumsy (1) — resembling a butter-box (1) — rumbling or jerky (3) — with wheels and axles turning together (2) — supported on thoroughbraces (1) — large and powerful (1) — low (5) — covered (14) — used in mountainous country (1) — used in the bush (2) — for taking criminals to prison (5) — for carrying dead bodies away (3) — for exposure of offenders (1) — for exposure of scolds (2) — large wagon for band in procession (1) — litter on wheels (1) — making or repair of carts or carriages (11) — cart- or coach house (9) |
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