cartload

From Middle English cartlode, cartelode, equivalent to cart +‎ load.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːt.ləʊd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹt.loʊd/

cartload (plural cartloads)

1. The amount that a cart can carry.

   Synonym: cartful

   Coordinate terms: carload, drayload, less than truckload, trailerload, truckload, wagonload

   • 1854 Francis Rawdon Chesney - The Russo-Turkish Campaigns of 1828 and 1829

     Two days of skirmishing outside the town were followed by a bold sortie headed by a dervish; and, as the result of this affair, a cartload of heads was sent as trophies to Constantinople.

   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 101:

     The youngster put some cartloads of food into his bag and set out again.

2. (by extension) Any large amount.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot

   • 1850, Edward Everett, The Mount Vernon Papers:

     . . . although a little apt to get buried under a cartload of written pleadings, . . .

3. (historical, specifically) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.

• (specific measure): See load

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