dogcart

[ dawg-kahrt, dog- ]

noun
  1. a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle for ordinary driving, with two transverse seats back to back, and originally having a box under the rear seat for carrying a dog.

  2. a cart drawn by a dog or dogs.

Origin of dogcart

1
First recorded in 1660–70; dog + cart

Words Nearby dogcart

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How to use dogcart in a sentence

  • The two men were talking with great cordiality, when the sound of a dogcart driving up to the front door disturbed them.

    Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • He would think nothing of smoking a cigar in academical costume, and on at least one occasion he drove a dogcart on Sunday.

    Happy Days | Alan Alexander Milne
  • Warrender answered with a nod,—he had no heart to speak; and, refusing the dogcart, he set out on his walk home.

    A Country Gentleman and his Family | Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
  • "I think I shall commandeer you and your dogcart," he said to Roger.

    Notwithstanding | Mary Cholmondeley
  • He knew that it waited for the dogcart at the bend of the road.

    Tiny Luttrell | Ernest William Hornung

British Dictionary definitions for dogcart

dogcart

/ (ˈdɒɡˌkɑːt) /


noun
  1. a light horse-drawn two-wheeled vehicle: originally, one containing a box or section for transporting gun dogs

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