cart horse

3 definitions found

cart horse - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cart \Cart\ (k[aum]rt), n. [AS. cr[ae]t; cf. W. cart, Ir. &
     Gael. cairt, or Icel. kartr. Cf. Car.]
     1. A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian
        dwelling on wheels, or a chariot. "Ph[oe]bus' cart."
        --Shak.
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     2. A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of
        husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
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              Packing all his goods in one poor cart. --Dryden.
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     3. A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen,
        butchers, etc.
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     4. An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
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     Cart horse, a horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or
        used for drawing heavy loads; -- also spelled carthorse.
        
  
     Cart rope, a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any
        strong rope.
  
     To put the cart before the horse, To get the cart before the horse
     , or To set the cart before the horse, to invert
        the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting an
        effect for a cause; to do things in an improper order.
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  carthorse \cart"horse`\, cart horse \cart" horse`\n.
     a horse kept for pulling carts; a horse bred or used for
     drawing heavy loads.
  
     Syn: drayhorse.
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cart horse - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cart horse
      n 1: draft horse kept for pulling carts [syn: carthorse, cart horse
           , drayhorse]