FromMiddle Englishcartlode,cartelode, equivalent tocart +load.
cartload (pluralcartloads)
- The amount that acart can carry.
- Synonym:cartful
- Coordinate terms:carload,drayload,less than truckload,trailerload,truckload,wagonload
- 1854 Francis Rawdon Chesney - The Russo-Turkish Campaigns of 1828 and 1829
- Two days of skirmishing outside the town were followed by a bold sortie headed by a dervish; and, as the result of this affair, acartload of heads was sent as trophies to Constantinople.
1886,Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad,Folk and Fairy Tales, page101:The youngster put somecartloads of food into his bag and set out again.
- (by extension) Any large amount.
- Synonyms:seeThesaurus:lot
1850, Edward Everett,The Mount Vernon Papers:. . . although a little apt to get buried under acartload of written pleadings, . . .
- (historical, specifically) Aload:variousEnglishunits ofweight orvolumebased uponstandardizedcartloads ofcertaincommodities.
- (specific measure):Seeload
the amount that a cart can carry
