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Cape cart

British  

noun

  1. a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle sometimes with a canvas hood

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He reined up the Cape cart at the gate of a picturesque verandah-fronted house which stood against a background of wild and romantic bush scenery.

From A Veldt Vendetta by Bertram Mitford

Away in the distance a large dust-cloud was advancing, and with it the white tilt of a Cape cart.

From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Bertram Mitford

Van Bleit and Denzil on their arrival hired a Cape cart from the town and drove the twenty miles across the veld.

From Grit Lawless by F.E. Mills Young

So we provided ourselves with a comfortable and roomy Cape cart and four strong horses to make the journey up country, and we were prepared for once to take things easy.

From Yankee Girls in Zulu Land by Louise Vescelius-Sheldon

The party in the Cape cart were returning from a drive out to Draaibosch, a roadside inn and canteen some ten or a dozen miles along the King Williamstown road.

From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford

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