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cart

[kahrt]
–noun
1. a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
2. a light two-wheeled vehicle with springs, drawn by a horse or pony.
3. any small vehicle pushed or pulled by hand.
4. Obsolete. a chariot.
–verb (used with object)
5. to haul or convey in or as if in a cart or truck: to cart garbage to the dump.
–verb (used without object)
6. to drive a cart.
7. cart off or away, to transport or take away in an unceremonious manner: The police came and carted him off to jail.
8. on the water cart, British. wagon (def. 14).
9. put the cart before the horse, to do or place things in improper order; be illogical.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME cart(e), OE cræt (by metathesis); c. ON kartr cart


cart⋅a⋅ble, adjective
carter, noun
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Word Origin & History

cart 
c.1200, from O.N. kartr, akin to O.E. cræt "chariot," perhaps orig. "body of a cart made of wickerwork, hamper;" related to O.E. cradol (see cradle). The verb meaning "to carry in a cart" is from c.1440. Cartwheel (n.) is from c.1395; as a sort of lateral somersault it is attested from 1864, so called from resemblance.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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