handbarrow
Americannoun
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a frame with handles at each end by which it is carried.
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a handcart.
noun
Etymology
Origin of handbarrow
First recorded in 1400–50, handbarrow is from the late Middle English word handberwe. See hand, barrow 1
Example Sentences
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The communication trench we found to be one of the widest we had ever seen; a handbarrow could have been wheeled along the floor.
From The Red Horizon by MacGill, Patrick
He went out, took his handbarrow and wheeled it rapidly away.
From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Sue, Eug?ne
A handbarrow is now brought, on which is placed the gardener, with a spade, a cord, and a large basket.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 by Chambers, William
Our men had nothing better to carry them on than a handbarrow with canvass laid across it.
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir
Our trunks were put into a handbarrow, and wheeled by two men a few hundred yards, the whole occupying half an hour of time.
From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore
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