A one-horse chaise, said to be so called by a Lord Chief Justice, from their being so frequently used on Sunday jaunts by extravagant shop-keepers and tradesmen.
·adj Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy. II. Bankrupt ·vt To make bankrupt; to bring financial ru...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·vt To carry or convey in a cart. II. Cart ·noun An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage. III. Cart ...
A vehicle moving on wheels, and usually drawn by oxen (2 Sam. 6:3). The Hebrew word thus rendered, '...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
To put the cart before the horse; to mention the last part of a story first. To be flogged at the ca...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
(Genesis 45:19,27; Numbers 7:3,7,8) a vehicle drawn by cattle, (2 Samuel 6:6) to be distinguished fr...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·- ·see under <<T>>. ...
·add. ·- A kind of two-wheeled vehicle with seats back to back, the front one somewhat elevated. ...
·- A cart carrying water; ·esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, ·e...
West out of Harrow Alley, Aldgate High Street. In Portsoken Ward. So called in Rocque's map, 1746, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Down with his apple-cart; knock or throw him down. ...
a cart-track. Essex. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
An early battering cannon mounted on a peculiar cart. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A saying on one grown fat. ...