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单词 coup-cart
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coup-cartn.

/ˈkaʊpˌkɑːt/
Etymology: < coup n.1, coup n.2, or coup v.3
1. = coup n.2 1, a box-cart.
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1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. 185 In the year 1750, there were but two box-carts, or what is here called coup carts, in the parish [of St. Vigeans, Forfar], but at present there is no other kind made use of here.
1807 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. (new ed.) I. 61 A close single-horse cart..sometimes termed a coup-cart.
1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Coup, Coup-cart, a dung-cart, a small cart.
2. A cart with a body which can be tilted, so that the load may be ‘couped’ out. (Chiefly Scottish)
ΚΠ
1794 Agric. Surv. Berwicksh. 167 (Jam.) The body of the cowp cart is attached to the shafts by a peculiar kind of hinges, which allow of elevating it before, either partially or entirely, to facilitate the discharge of its load backwards.
1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 100 Used in what are called coup-carts, i.e. when the box is moveable on a frame; and the contents can be discharged, without lifting the shafts.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words Coup, to tilt out the material from a ‘coup cart’, or cart that turns up to be emptied.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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