handcart

[ hand-kahrt ]

noun

1. a small cart drawn or pushed by hand.

handcart

/ ˈhændˌkɑːt /

noun

1. a simple cart, usually with one or two wheels, pushed or drawn by hand

Word History and Origins

Origin of handcart¹

First recorded in 1630–40; hand + cart

Example Sentences

Combined with a microscope, monitor, CPU, keyboard, and joystick, the system fits on a handcart compact enough to wheel between surgeries.

From Popular-Science

So much for so called "decoupling" theories that they could carry on regardless, even as the West went to hell in a handcart.

From The Daily Beast

A pedlar's cart, a handcart; they had seen it stop in the village street.

From Project Gutenberg

They were wheeling a handcart with the flowers in it, and were quite surprised to find the bed occupied.

From Project Gutenberg

When I look at one picture I see a man and a woman with a handcart loaded with household furniture.

From Project Gutenberg

A little handcart was among the office equipment, and very often Bart did light delivering.

From Project Gutenberg

A very old priest, too feeble to walk, was trundled by two young priests in a handcart.

From Project Gutenberg

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