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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.

Nearby words

handba', handbag, handbags, handball, handball, team, handbarrow, handbasket, handbell, handbill, handblown, handbook

Origin of handbarrow

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

  • He went out, took his handbarrow and wheeled it rapidly away.

    The Galley Slave's Ring|Eugne Sue

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

British Dictionary definitions for handbarrow

handbarrow

/ (ˈhændˌbærəʊ) /

noun

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