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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

cart / kärt/ • n. a strong open vehicle with two or four wheels, typically used for carrying loads and pulled by a horse. ∎ a light two-wheeled open vehicle pulled by a single horse and used as a means of transport. ∎ a shallow open container on wheels that may be pulled or pushed by hand. ∎ a shopping cart. • v. [tr.] 1. (often be carted) convey or put in a cart or similar vehicle: the produce was packed in crates and carted to Kansas City. 2. [tr.] inf. carry (a heavy or cumbersome object) somewhere with difficulty: they carted the piano down three flights of stairs. ∎ remove or convey (someone) somewhere unceremoniously: they carted off the refugees in the middle of the night. PHRASES: put the cart before the horse reverse the proper order or procedure of something.DERIVATIVES: cart·er n. ; cart·ful / -ˌfoŏl/ n. (pl. -fuls) .

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

cart in the cart in serious trouble or difficulty, probably deriving from the historical sense of a cart as used for conveying convicts to the gallows and for the public exposure of offenders.
put the cart before the horse reverse the proper order of things; the expression is recorded from the early 16th century.

See also upset the apple cart.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

cart †carriage; strong two-wheeled vehicle XIII; light sprung two-wheeled vehicle XIX. ME. carte; (i) partly metathetic repr. of OE. cræt; (ii) partly — cogn. ON. kartr; prob. infl. by AN., ONF. carete (mod. charrette cart), dim. of c(h)ar CAR.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

cart •apart, apparat, art, baht, Bart, Barthes, cart, carte, chart, clart, dart, Eilat, fart, ghat, Gujarat, Gujrat, hart, Harte, heart, heart-to-heart, impart, Jat, kart, kyat, Maat, Mansart, mart, outsmart, part, quarte, salat, savate, Scart, smart, start, tart, zakat •Hobart • wallchart • flow chart •Bogart • Stuttgart • Earhart •greenheart • sweetheart • Leichhardt •Reinhardt • Bernhardt • handcart •Descartes • dogcart • go-kart •pushcart • dustcart • rampart •forepart • underpart • Bonaparte •counterpart • Bundesrat • Robsart •Mozart • Hallstatt • kick-start •push-start • upstart

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