oxcart

[ oks-kahrt ]

/ ˈɒksˌkɑrt /

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noun

an ox-drawn cart.

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Origin of oxcart

First recorded in 1740–50; ox + cart

When I was a boy he carried me with him—right in the buggy or oxcart with him till I was up nineteen years old.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration
The blazed trail gave way to the corduroy road, and the pack horse to the oxcart or the stage.
The Canadian Dominion|Oscar D. Skelton
This was done by collecting all the rags she could find and then carrying them to town in an oxcart to sell them.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Work Projects Administration
Without telephones we were not even in the horse and buggy days—we had returned to the oxcart.
Greener Than You Think|Ward Moore

All around me the farmers were rolling two-hundred-pound Emmentalers, bigger than oxcart wheels.
The Complete Book of Cheese|Robert Carlton Brown