cartload

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English

Etymology

From Middle English cartlode, cartelode, equivalent to cart +‎ load.

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Noun

cartload (plural cartloads)

  1. The amount that a cart can carry.
    Synonym: cartful
    Coordinate terms: carload, drayload, less than truckload, trailerload, truckload, wagonload
    • 1854 Francis Rawdon Chesney - The Russo-Turkish Campaigns of 1828 and 1829
      Two days of skirmishing outside the town were followed by a bold sortie headed by a dervish; and, as the result of this affair, a cartload of heads was sent as trophies to Constantinople.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 101:
      The youngster put some cartloads of food into his bag and set out again.
  2. (by extension) Any large amount.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot
    • 1850, Edward Everett, The Mount Vernon Papers:
      . . . although a little apt to get buried under a cartload of written pleadings, . . .
  3. (historical, specifically) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.

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  • (specific measure): See load

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