单词 | ox-cart |
释义 | ox-cartn. A cart drawn by an ox or oxen. Also in extended use (see quot. 1918). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > cart (usually two-wheeled) > drawn by ox or oxen ox-cart1737 bullock-cart1828 1737 S.-Carolina Gaz. 15 Jan. 3/1 A team of very good Oxen and Ox Cart, and sundry other Things. 1768 G. Washington Diaries (1925) I. 287 Began to draw it [sc. wheat] in..with only my Ox Cart. ?1801 in E. C. Barker Austin Papers (1924) I. i. 61 2 ox Carts, £6 [each]. 1850 W. Colton Three Years in Calif. iii. 42 The ox-cart of the Californian is quite unique and primitive. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 427 Ox Cart, a slang name for a heavy French shell which moves with a moderate velocity. 1942 National Geographic Mag. June 769/2 The streets of the port town of Garapan are choked with charcoal-burning automobiles and primitive oxcarts. 2000 A. Ghosh Glass Palace (2001) iv. 45 When the first ox-cart came into view he caught a glimpse of the King. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1737 |
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