cartload

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cartload

/ˈkɑːt.ləʊd/ UK
/ˈkɑɹt.loʊd/ US

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From Middle English cartlode, cartelode, equivalent to cart + load.

noun cartloads

The amount that a cart can carry. 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.
Similar: cartful
broadly Any large amount. . . . although a little apt to get buried under a cartload of written pleadings, . . .
Similar: abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, busload, bucketful, bucketload, butt-ton, bumload
historical, specifically A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.

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noun the amount that a cart can carry

Español	carretada
Deutsch	Fuhre, Ladung

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@misc{cartload_2026,
  title = {cartload},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cartload},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}