dung cartn.

Brit.

/ˈdʌŋ kɑːt/, U.S.

/ˈdəŋ ˌkɑrt/

Forms: see dung n.¹ and cart n.; also 1500s–1600s duncart.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dung n.¹, cart n.

Etymology: < dung n.¹ + cart n.

Now chiefly historical.

A cart used for carrying dung, earth, refuse, etc.; spec. one with a tilting body from which the contents may be tipped out. Also figurative and in extended use.Cf. dung pot n. 2, dung putt n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon or cart for specific articles > for dung

dung putt1313

dung cartc1405

tumbril1440

dung pot1575

tumbler1673

mud-cart1749

tumbler-cart1880

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 216 He..fond A dong Carte wente as it were to donge lond.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 127 Donge carte, titubatorium.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. l To helpe her husbande to fyll the mucke wayne or dong cart.

1592 L. Andrewes Wonderfull Combate v. f. 67*^v Let vs not make a dung-cart of Gods mercie.

1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Obseruations sig. D2 In Hamburgh those that are not hanged for theft..must..sixe or seauen yeares draw a dung-cart, and clense the streetes of the towne.

a1641 T. Heywood Captives (1953) i. i. 8 Wheele about..thou duncart off diseases.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. xli. 19 The equipage of their travelling chaises was infinitely inferior to that of a dungcart in England.

1822 Maryland Gaz. & Polit. Intelligencer 24 Oct. The best mode of bestowing manure on land, is for the dung cart to follow the plough.

1886 Royal Comm. Veg. Products: Minutes of Evid. (Victoria, Austral.) 15 If a man cannot fill dung carts and do all sorts of work upon the farm, he will not make a good farmer.

1937 Times 20 Dec. 20/1 The poultry..take their part in the general scheme by manuring outlying fields which are not reached by the dung cart.

2005 S. Ross Nostradamus for Dummies ix. 146 Dung carts were used to haul people to the guillotine during the French Revolution.

Derivatives

† dung-cart full n. Obsolete as much or as many as a dung cart will hold.

ΚΠ

1537 Deposition 7 May in Reliquary (1888) Apr. 79 A donge Cartfull of monks Cowles and bots wolde not helpe to justification.

1598 Mucedorus sig. D3^v I haue kild a duncart ful at the least.

a1658 J. Cleveland Upon Invention Chym. Magic in Wks. (1687) 344 Give us an Hostess fat and dull, With Guts at least a Dung-cart full.

1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. May xxiii. 179 He..employed several Hands to gather up the broken Roots and Pieces of this..weed in Baskets: And this he did..to the Quantity of a Dung-cart full.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dung cart
释义	dung cartn. Brit. /ˈdʌŋ kɑːt/, U.S. /ˈdəŋ ˌkɑrt/ Forms: see dung n.¹ and cart n.; also 1500s–1600s duncart. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dung n.¹, cart n. Etymology: < dung n.¹ + cart n. Now chiefly historical. A cart used for carrying dung, earth, refuse, etc.; spec. one with a tilting body from which the contents may be tipped out. Also figurative and in extended use.Cf. dung pot n. 2, dung putt n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon or cart for specific articles > for dung dung putt1313 dung cartc1405 tumbril1440 dung pot1575 tumbler1673 mud-cart1749 tumbler-cart1880 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 216 He..fond A dong Carte wente as it were to donge lond. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 127 Donge carte, titubatorium. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. l To helpe her husbande to fyll the mucke wayne or dong cart. 1592 L. Andrewes Wonderfull Combate v. f. 67^v Let vs not make a dung-cart of Gods mercie. 1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Obseruations* sig. D2 In Hamburgh those that are not hanged for theft..must..sixe or seauen yeares draw a dung-cart, and clense the streetes of the towne. a1641 T. Heywood Captives (1953) i. i. 8 Wheele about..thou duncart off diseases. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. xli. 19 The equipage of their travelling chaises was infinitely inferior to that of a dungcart in England. 1822 Maryland Gaz. & Polit. Intelligencer 24 Oct. The best mode of bestowing manure on land, is for the dung cart to follow the plough. 1886 Royal Comm. Veg. Products: Minutes of Evid. (Victoria, Austral.) 15 If a man cannot fill dung carts and do all sorts of work upon the farm, he will not make a good farmer. 1937 Times 20 Dec. 20/1 The poultry..take their part in the general scheme by manuring outlying fields which are not reached by the dung cart. 2005 S. Ross Nostradamus for Dummies ix. 146 Dung carts were used to haul people to the guillotine during the French Revolution. Derivatives † dung-cart full n. Obsolete as much or as many as a dung cart will hold. ΚΠ 1537 Deposition 7 May in Reliquary (1888) Apr. 79 A donge Cartfull of monks Cowles and bots wolde not helpe to justification. 1598 Mucedorus sig. D3^v I haue kild a duncart ful at the least. a1658 J. Cleveland Upon Invention Chym. Magic in Wks. (1687) 344 Give us an Hostess fat and dull, With Guts at least a Dung-cart full. 1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. May xxiii. 179 He..employed several Hands to gather up the broken Roots and Pieces of this..weed in Baskets: And this he did..to the Quantity of a Dung-cart full. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1405
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