handbarrow
Americannoun
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a frame with handles at each end by which it is carried.
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a handcart.
noun
Etymology
Origin of handbarrow
First recorded in 1400–50, handbarrow is from the late Middle English word handberwe. See hand, barrow 1
Example Sentences
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He went out, took his handbarrow and wheeled it rapidly away.
From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Sue, Eug?ne
Just ten minutes later the door opened, and in came a handbarrow, upon which stood the body of the coach.
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
Presently a handbarrow rumbled and creaked, as West—the head gardener, last surviving relic of Thomas Clarkson Verity's reign—wheeled it from beneath the ilex trees towards the battery, leaving dark smudgy tracks upon the spangled turf.
From Deadham Hard by Malet, Lucas
Our men had nothing better to carry them on than a handbarrow with canvass laid across it.
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir
Daggett was brought over to the house, on a handbarrow, for the second time, and made as comfortable as circumstances would allow.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore
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