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mancart

mancart noun: a cart propelled by one or more men.

Noun

mancart (plural mancarts)

  1. A cart propelled by one or more men.
    • Through the kindness of Charles Cookson, the English consul at Constantinople, Schliemann procured ten mancarts, unique vehicles pushed by two men and drawn by a third.1967, Lynn Poole, Gray Johnson Poole, One Passion, Two Loves: The Schliemanns of Troy, page 105
    • In his field journal, he estimated that since his preliminary dig in 1870, he and Sophia had removed more than a quarter of a million cubic meters of earth by wheelbarrow, mancart, and oxcart.1974, Arnold C. Brackman, The Dream of Troy, page 151

Forms of mancart

pluralmancarts
alternative formman-cart

Origin of mancart

From man + cart.

Questions about mancart

What does mancart mean?
Mancart means a cart propelled by one or more men.
What part of speech is mancart?
Mancart is a noun.
What is the plural of mancart?
The plural of mancart is mancarts.

Words near mancart in the dictionary

  1. mancae
  2. mancake
  3. mancala
  4. mancalas
  5. mancalline
  6. mancart
  7. mancarts
  8. mancatcher
  9. mancatchers
  10. mancation
  11. mancations

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