cart
noun
[ kɑːt ]
• a strong open vehicle with two or four wheels, typically used for carrying loads and pulled by a horse.
• "a horse and cart"
cart
verb
• convey or put in a cart or similar vehicle.
• "the meat was pickled in salt and carted to El Paso"
Similar:
transport,
convey,
haul,
transfer,
move,
conduct,
transmit,
shift,
fetch,
take,
ferry,
carry,
lug,
tote,
heave,
heft,
drag,
hump,
schlep,
• carry (a heavy or cumbersome object) somewhere with difficulty.
• "they carted the piano down three flights of stairs"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse kartr, probably influenced by Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French carete, diminutive of carre (see car).
in the cart
• in trouble or difficulty.
• "if he didn't finish the round the whole team would be in the cart"
