Cart

A cart is a two-wheeled vehicle designed for transport. It can be pulled by humans or draught animals such as horses, donkeys, mules and oxen, or smaller animals such as goats and large dogs. Carting is the transport of goods by horse-drawn cart, particularly the haulage of heavy loads such as coal. A carter is a person whose occupation is driving or managing a horse-drawn cart for heavy haulage, often walking beside the horses. The surname "Carter" derives from the occupation. A cartwright is a builder of carts. The word cart is often used incorrectly to indicate four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicles. Over time, the word "cart" has expanded to mean nearly any small conveyance without regard to number of wheels, load carried, or means of propulsion. The word car has often been modified to cart through colloquialization. For example, several small sport and hobby cars carry "cart" in their name such as pedal carts (manually pedaled), soap-box carts (gravity run), and go-carts (gas engine). Similarly, golf cars are more commonly known as golf carts.

A cart is a two-wheeled vehicle designed for transport. It can be pulled by humans or draught animals such as horses, donkeys, mules and oxen, or smaller animals such as goats and large dogs. Carting is the transport of goods by horse-drawn cart, particularly the haulage of heavy loads such as coal. A carter is a person whose occupation is driving or managing a horse-drawn cart for heavy haulage, often walking beside the horses. The surname "Carter" derives from the occupation. A cartwright is a builder of carts. The word cart is often used incorrectly to indicate four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicles. Over time, the word "cart" has expanded to mean nearly any small conveyance without regard to number of wheels, load carried, or means of propulsion. The word car has often been modified to cart through colloquialization. For example, several small sport and hobby cars carry "cart" in their name such as pedal carts (manually pedaled), soap-box carts (gravity run), and go-carts (gas engine). Similarly, golf cars are more commonly known as golf carts. === Horse-drawn carts === The term "cart" is a category of horse-drawn vehicles which have two wheels. However as slang it has been used to mean any horse-drawn vehicle including those with four wheels—though mainly used to indicate farm wagons and commercial wagons which have corresponding two-wheeled equivalents or forerunners. The horsecart category includes carts whether pulled by horses, ponies, donkeys, or mules, because the methods of harnessing is the same for all equids. Carts can be divided into freight-carrying carts and passenger carts, with the nicer passenger carts also named cars. For examples, see lists at:

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