dogcart
dogcart is the alternative form of dog cart.
Meaning of dog cart
Noun
dog cart (plural dog carts)
- A cart drawn by a dog.
- hague fisherman and dog-cart. […] The fishermen convey their fish to the Hague in carts drawn by dogs (the animals are large and strong); and when they have completed their sales, return home in the empty carts drawn by their canine steeds.1872 January, Junius Henri Browne, “Holland and the Hollanders”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XLIV, number CCLX, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], page 176
- A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two transverse seats back to back. The rear seat originally closed up to form a box for carrying dogs.
- “I want to speak to Ted,” moaned Mrs. Boulte, but the dog-cart rattled on, and Kurrell was left on the road, shamed, and boiling with wrath against Mrs. Boulte.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 75
Forms of dogcart
| plural | dogcarts |
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Questions about dogcart
- What is dogcart the alternative form of?
- Dogcart is the alternative form of dog cart.
Words near dogcart in the dictionary
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