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handbarrows

handbarrows is the plural of handbarrow.

Meaning of handbarrow

Noun

handbarrow (plural handbarrows)

  1. A frame, supported by poles, used for carrying things; similar to a litter or stretcher.
    • […] they framed a thing like a hand barrow and carryed this selfe-helpelesse person on their bare shoulders twelve miles to his residence:1634, William Wood, chapter 7, in New Englands Prospects, section 2, pages 71-72
  2. Any wheeled cart or box propelled by hand.
    • The next conveyance (which, indeed, is the most general) is the costermonger’s hand-barrow. These are very light in their make, with springs terminating at the axle.1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 27
    Synonyms:
    handcart

Questions about handbarrows

What is handbarrows the plural of?
Handbarrows is the plural of handbarrow.

Words near handbarrows in the dictionary

  1. handballer
  2. handballers
  3. handballing
  4. handballs
  5. handbarrow
  6. handbarrows
  7. handbasin
  8. handbasins
  9. handbasket
  10. handbasket portion
  11. handbaskets

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