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Definition of Cartload
1. Noun. The quantity that a cart holds.
Definition of Cartload
1. Noun. The amount that a cart can carry. ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) A large amount. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cartload
1. as much as a cart can hold [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cartload
Literary usage of Cartload
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1751 to by Gilbert Elliot Minto (1874)
"I saw immediately afterwards a cartload of melons, which I daresay we might have
had for a penny, if we could have afforded a couple of post-horses more to ..."
2. Publications by Hampshire Record Society, Winchester, Winchester Hampshire Record Society, American peace society, Algernon Sidney Crapsey, Ernest Howard Crosby, W. Evans Darby, John Hyde De Forest, Charles Edward Jefferson, Augustine Jones, Mrs. L. J. Mead, J. H. Ral (1886)
"And the Bishop, during the sixteen Fair-days, shall take toll or custom at all
the city gates of every cartload of firewood or charcoal for sale, ..."
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