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cargon

cargon noun: a type of wheeled pallet used for movement of goods without the need of a forklift.

Noun

cargon (plural cargons)

  1. (New Zealand) A type of wheeled pallet used for movement of goods without the need of a forklift.
    • Each traverser carries two flat trays known as "cargons". These have wheels set into their undersides, and two cargons — each roughly 16 ft. long and holding some three tons of miscellaneous freight — together fill the hold of a Bristol Freighter.1952, “New Zealand Air Ferry”, in Air Pictorial and Air Reserve Gazette, volume 14, Air League of the British Empire, page 358
    • Freight shippers are being urged to use trucks without trays, so that the cargon itself provides a combined tray and load that can be replaced by one withdrawn from an incoming aircraft.1954 April, “Belt on Wheels Loads Air Cargo”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 101, number 4, page 147

Examples of cargon in a sentence

  • For all SAFE'S freight-carrying, the basic equipment is the cargon (for New Zealand Railways) and the cargonette (for NAC).1968, White's Aviation, volumes 23-24:
  • The load is made up in the freight depot and stowed and tied down on flooring with rollers underneath, known as cargons.1968, Ronald Trevor Alexander, High Adventure: From Balloons to Boeings in New Zealand, New Zealand National Airways Corporation, page 72:
  • Engineers from New Zealand Government Railways then worked with SAFE to create the cargon system, a pallet and transfer system to speed up the loading and unloading process.2012, Keith McCloskey, Airwork: A History, The History Press:

Forms of cargon

pluralcargons

Questions about cargon

What does cargon mean?
Cargon means a type of wheeled pallet used for movement of goods without the need of a forklift.
How do you use cargon in a sentence?
For all SAFE'S freight-carrying, the basic equipment is the cargon (for New Zealand Railways) and the cargonette (for NAC).
What part of speech is cargon?
Cargon is a noun.
What is the plural of cargon?
The plural of cargon is cargons.

Words near cargon in the dictionary

  1. cargoing
  2. cargoism
  3. cargoless
  4. cargoman
  5. cargomen
  6. cargon
  7. cargons
  8. cargoose
  9. cargoplane
  10. cargoplanes
  11. cargos

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