carload

[kahr-lohd]

noun

the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
the legal minimum weight entitling a railroad shipper to a rate (carload rate) lower than that charged for less than this weight.

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Origin of carload

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; car¹ + load

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Examples from the Web for carload

Contemporary Examples of carload

For the most part, a carload of randy frat boys causes Metro Vice more headaches than the CES crowd.
Temptations of the Flesh in Sin City Are Nothing for 150,000 Nerds
John L. Smith
January 13, 2014
He recalls calling a meeting when “American Gypsies were flooding in by the carload” to Milwaukee.
American Gypsies Are a Persecuted Minority That Is Starting to Fight Back
Nina Strochlic
December 22, 2013
A carload of German tourists had been killed the week before; there was nothing to stop them.
When Your Hero’s an SOB
Bruce Duffy
August 1, 2011
I believe they are going to get hauled by the carload in November.
The New Corruption Capital
Samuel P. Jacobs
March 3, 2010

Historical Examples of carload

A carload of ambulance supplies was on the way from Cincinnati.
The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado
Logan Marshall
Finally I took a carload and went with it to see what was the matter.
The Spirit of Sweetwater
Hamlin Garland
The coroner of Westmoreland county is ordering coffins by the carload.
The Johnstown Horror
James Herbert Walker
The cost of shipping a carload of hay is less than a carload of wheat.
The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know
Thomas Forsyth Hunt
"Where not a carload of wheat is shipped in a year," commented Gethings of the San Pablo.
The Octopus
Frank Norris