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Definition of Horse-cart
1. Noun. Heavy cart; drawn by a horse; used for farm work.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Horse-cart
Literary usage of Horse-cart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1831)
"The Scotch two-horse cart differs little from the one-horse cart, except in being
larger. To prove the inferiority of double to single horse carts, ..."
2. The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health (1887)
"How to Make a Cheap Horse Cart.—A cart for one horse, or mule; ... The body of
a one-horse cart need not have sills large enough and heavy enough for the ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1882)
"After the plaintiff had seized the horse, cart and harness, he hired me to bring
them back ... I have never seen him or tho horse, cart and harness since. ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1834)
"In the single-horse cart, the horse partly bears the load and partly drags it.
In this manner, it is believed that it can be shown that the horse ean move a ..."
5. The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Paxton Norman (1858)
"by means whereof for four weeks the plaintiff was deprived of the use of the
horse, cart and harness, and was obliged to hire another horse, ..."
6. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates, Relating to All Ages and Nations, for Universal by Joseph Haydn (1875)
"In the I'lii- ! leil State*«, horse-cart», running on a rail like a meam- Ciir,
but drawn by horses, has very much levelled the travel by omnibuses, ..."
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