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cartage

noun

Etymology

From cart + -age.

  1. derived from *gret-✻ — “tracery; wattle; cradle; cage; basket”
  2. derived from *krattaz✻
  3. derived from kartr — “wagon; cart”
  4. inherited from cart
  5. suffixed as cartage — “cart + age”

Definitions

  1. The transport of goods by cart.

    • Near-synonym: wagonage
    • Railways are forming in one quarter of this earth, canals in another, much cartage is wanted
    • In these years, all long-distance freight went by rail, with local cartage by the railway's horses and carts.

  2. Any vehicular transportation of goods.

    • Near-synonyms: shipping, carriage
    • I started general cartage work and hauling bagged cement to Pine Creek, south of Darwin.

  3. A charge made for such transport.

    • Near-synonym: wagonage

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA