hand·bar·row

(hănd′băr′ō)

A flat rectangular tray or cart with carrying poles at each end, used in transporting loads.

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handbarrow

(ˈhændˌbærəʊ)

(General Engineering) a flat tray for transporting loads, usually carried by two men

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handbarrow - a rectangular frame with handles at both ends; carried by two people

framework - a structure supporting or containing something

handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"

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Potter and Injun Joe were carrying a handbarrow with a rope and a couple of shovels on it.

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"Will this assist in explaining the difficulty?" said Heyward, pointing toward the fragments of a sort of handbarrow, that had been rudely constructed of boughs, and bound together with withes, and which now seemed carelessly cast aside as useless.

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I might as well have asked for porters and a handbarrow."

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