cartop
8.9
The top part of a cart used for carrying goods
- noun
- Archaic
:
plataforma del carro
- He climbed onto the cartop to secure the barrels before they left the farm.
Examples
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The peasants set the haybales carefully upon the cartop before the journey home.
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The cartop was covered with a tarp to protect the goods.
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Rainwater collected on the cartop after the storm passed through the village.
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He placed the boxes on the cartop carefully.
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The farmers loaded the crates onto the cartop for transport to the market.
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After securing the goods on the cartop, they started their journey.
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To prevent damage, they covered the cartop with a tarp before the rain.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cartop in an older sense comes from cart 'wagon' and top 'upper surface', so it meant the top part of a cart where goods were put.
