horse cart
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2.7
- noun
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carreta
- The children enjoyed a ride in the horse cart as it went around the field.
Examples
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During the festival, we saw a horse cart filled with fresh produce from the local market.
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He steps out of a horse cart and approaches the charred remains of his beloved carriage.
Fiction book (1993) -
At the turning, there was a line of horse carts.
Fiction book (1992) -
Down below, the horse cart reaches the scaffold.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Look at that," our emperor Benli said, pointing to a horse cart coming up the street.
Fiction book (1995) -
Dozens of pushcarts and horse carts mingled with a few brazen automobiles to choke the thoroughfare.
Fiction book (1992) -
Let's see, Barbados is where Julie fell out of the horse cart, Bermuda is where she lost all our traveler's checks, and the Bahamas is where she went wind surfing and ran into the QE2.
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Second-hand bikes, even by the 1890s, were fairly commonly available, and cyclists had been fighting the good roads movement—lobbying for paved roads and for rights with regards to horses and horse carts.
Blog text (11) -
The farmer loaded hay onto his horse cart for transport to the barn.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small vehicle with wheels that you push or pull to carry things
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1.0
A four-wheeled vehicle pulled by animals or a tractor to carry goods
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9.9
A low heavy cart without sides pulled by horses to carry goods
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3.8
A vehicle with wheels pulled by horses that carries people or goods
A large cart pulled by a horse that carries goods or people
A farm cart that carries hay, pulled by horses or oxen
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Morphology
The meaning 'a cart pulled by a horse' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'horse' and 'cart' as a noun–noun compound; the constituents give the full sense without metaphor or idiomatic shift. This compositional pattern is common across languages and in English, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Horse cart comes from a simple picture: a wooden cart pulled by a horse to carry heavy things from the farm to market, so the name means 'a heavy cart pulled by a horse'.