handbarrow

[ hand-bar-oh ]

/ ˈhændˌbær oʊ /

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noun

a frame with handles at each end by which it is carried.

a handcart.

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Origin of handbarrow

First recorded in 1400–50, handbarrow is from the late Middle English word handberwe.See hand, barrow¹

Words nearby handbarrow

hand ax, handba', handbag, handbags, handball, handbarrow, handbasket, hand bell, handbill, handblown, handbook

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How to use handbarrow in a sentence

He went out, took his handbarrow and wheeled it rapidly away.
The Galley Slave's Ring|Eugne Sue
Potter and Injun Joe were carrying a handbarrow with a rope and a couple of shovels on it.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The trophy is then replaced on the handbarrow with the gardener, who has to hold it upright, and prevent any accident.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444|Various
Daggett was brought over to the house, on a handbarrow, for the second time, and made as comfortable as circumstances would allow.
The Sea Lions|James Fenimore Cooper

The communication trench we found to be one of the widest we had ever seen; a handbarrow could have been wheeled along the floor.
The Red Horizon|Patrick MacGill

British Dictionary definitions for handbarrow

handbarrow

/ (ˈhændˌbærəʊ) /

noun

a flat tray for transporting loads, usually carried by two men

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