cartload

Definitions

1. The amount that a cart can carry.
2. Any large amount.
   broadly
3. A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
   historical, specifically

Equivalents

Examples

“Two days of skirmishing outside the town were followed by a bold sortie headed by a dervish; and, as the result⟳ of this affair, a cartload of heads was sent as trophies to Constantinople.”

“The youngster put⟳ some cartloads of food into his bag and set⟳ out again.”

“. . . although a little apt to get⟳ buried under a cartload of written pleadings, . . .”

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