Noun
cartload (plural cartloads)
- 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.
- (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, . . .
- (historical, specifically) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
Hyponyms
- (specific measure): See load
Translations
the amount that a cart can carry