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handcart
(redirected from handcarts)

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hand·cart  (hndkärt)
n.
A small, usually two-wheeled cart pulled or pushed by hand.

handcart [ˈhændˌkɑːt]
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a simple cart, usually with one or two wheels, pushed or drawn by hand
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Noun1.handcarthandcart - wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels; "he used a handcart to carry the rocks away"; "their pushcart was piled high with groceries"
applecart - a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street
garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow, barrow - a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
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"
hand truck, truck - a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects
laundry cart - handcart for moving a load of laundry
serving cart - a handcart for serving food
shopping cart - a handcart that holds groceries or other goods while shopping
wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC"
Translations
handcart [ˈhændkɑːt] Ncarretilla f, carretón m
handcart hand-cart [ˈhændkɑːrt] ncharrette f à bras
hand cream handcream [ˈhændkriːm] ncrème f pour les mains


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While many pioneers went West in prairie schooners driven by oxen teams, others walked, pushing handcarts loaded with their possessions.
The bunkers here were dug 23 feet into the earth, with reinforced tunnels - and even rail lines so that ammunition could be transported by handcarts.
Walking, pulling handcarts, or driving mule- and horse-drawn wagons, they crossed 1,100 miles of prairie and mountain trail throughout Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah.
 
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