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handcart

noun

Etymology

From hand + cart.

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

Definitions

  1. A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.)

    • Vendors were selling sunglasses, bagged snacks, and sundry other items from handcarts in the square.

  2. To transport in this kind of cart.

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