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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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The column was off in ten minutes, and chased Ackerman for the remainder of the day, capturing his Cape cart, eighty horses and twenty-five rifles.

From Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa by Moulin, Louis Eug?ne du

Their Cape cart and a buggy were loaded up with a supply of good things, and they were to start at daybreak next morning.

From From Veldt Camp Fires by Bryden, H.A.

We owned six horses and a light running two-seated Cape cart that served to make our excursions into the surrounding country delightful.

From Yankee Girls in Zulu Land by Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise

In fact, I have almost been ashamed to sign myself as O.C. of a brigade, when my sole possession has been a broken-down Cape cart with only one spring.

From On the Heels of De Wet by James, Lionel

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 Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise

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