carload
[kahr-lohd]
- 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
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Examples from the Web for carload
Contemporary Examples
For the most part, a carload of randy frat boys causes Metro Vice more headaches than the CES crowd.
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 BackNina Strochlic
December 22, 2013
A carload of German tourists had been killed the week before; there was nothing to stop them.
I believe they are going to get hauled by the carload in November.
Historical Examples
A carload of ambulance supplies was on the way from Cincinnati.
Finally I took a carload and went with it to see what was the matter.
The Spirit of SweetwaterHamlin Garland
The coroner of Westmoreland county is ordering coffins by the carload.
The Johnstown HorrorJames Herbert Walker
The cost of shipping a carload of hay is less than a carload of wheat.
The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should KnowThomas Forsyth Hunt
"Where not a carload of wheat is shipped in a year," commented Gethings of the San Pablo.
The OctopusFrank Norris