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cartwain

cartwain noun: a wagon using for hauling loads.

Noun

cartwain (plural cartwains)

  1. (rare) A wagon using for hauling loads.
    • Poor Pascoe's naked body he espies,
      Behind the cartwain, as he casts his eyes; […]1811, James Martin Hosking, To America and Back, published 1970
    • And as soon as he came to the bridge, it was so wide that two cartwains could go along side by side; and Gwalchmei wondered at seeing the bridge, which he had seen so small before that, now so large as that.1876, Robert Williams, Seint Graal, page 594

Forms of cartwain

pluralcartwains

Origin of cartwain

From cart + wain, perhaps from Middle English *cartwain, continuing Old English crætwæġn (“wagon, chariot”).

Questions about cartwain

What does cartwain mean?
Cartwain means a wagon using for hauling loads.
What part of speech is cartwain?
Cartwain is a noun.
What is the plural of cartwain?
The plural of cartwain is cartwains.

Words near cartwain in the dictionary

  1. cartsful
  2. cartshed
  3. cartsheds
  4. cartularies
  5. cartulary
  6. cartwain
  7. cartwains
  8. cartway
  9. cartways
  10. cartwheel
  11. cartwheel hat

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