Carting

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The transport of goods by cart.

    "Near-synonym: wagonage"

  2. 2
    the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it wordnet
  3. 3
    The transport of someone in a cart through the streets as part of a public punishment or humiliation.

    "When Rowland Hill, Lord Mayor in 1550, instigated the carting of notable citizens for unchastity, several of them ‘told him that it was not right to be so severe […]’."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cart form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms
cartagecartagewagonage

Example

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"We watched the dustmen carting away the rubbish."

Etymology

From cart + -ing.

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