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See also:CART (A.S. crcet, Gaelic cairt; connected with " See also:car ") , a See also:general See also:term for various kinds of vehicles (see See also:CARRIAGE), in some cases for carrying See also:people, but more particularly for trans-porting goods, for agricultural or postal purposes, &c., or for See also:carriers . Though constructed in various ways, the simplest type for goods is two-wheeled, topless and springless; but as a general term " See also:cart " is used in See also:combination with some more specific qualification (See also:dog-cart, donkey-cart, road-cart, See also:polo-cart, &c.), when it is employed for See also:pleasure purposes . The " dog-cart," so called because originally used to convey sporting See also:dogs, is a more or less elevated two-wheeled carriage, generally with seats back to back, in front and behind; the " governess-cart " (presumably so called from its use for See also:children), a very See also:low two-wheeled See also:pony-carriage, has two See also:side seats facing inwards; the " tax-cart," a See also:light two-wheeled See also:farmer's cart, was so called because formerly exempted from See also:taxation as under the value of b1 . |
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