What (who) is handcart - definition
SIMPLE VEHICLE DESIGNED FOR TRANSPORT, MOSTLY UNIAXIAL
Carts; Handcart; Cart-tail; Horse drawn cart; Pedal cart; Hand-cart; Electric cart; Hand cart; Pedal-cart; Dead cart
![desert]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donkey-drawn cart in Tharparkar District, Sindh, Pakistan.jpg?width=200 "desert]]")
![date=August 2022}} wheel cart, [[Indus Valley civilization]] (3000–1500 BC). Housed at the [[National Museum, New Delhi]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hand-propelled wheel cart from Indus Valley Civilization.GIF?width=200 "date=August 2022}} wheel cart, [[Indus Valley civilization]] (3000–1500 BC). Housed at the [[National Museum, New Delhi]].")
![Coconut-water vendor on donkey cart, c. 1950. [[Port of Spain, Trinidad]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coconut-water vendor on donkey cart, c. 1950. Port of Spain.jpg?width=200 "Coconut-water vendor on donkey cart, c. 1950. [[Port of Spain, Trinidad]].")
![A donkey cart used in [[the Gambia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gambia beach.jpg?width=200 "A donkey cart used in [[the Gambia]]")
![1813 plague]] in [[Malta]], at the [[Żabbar Sanctuary Museum]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rare dead cart at the Żabbar Sanctuary Museum.jpg?width=200 "1813 plague]] in [[Malta]], at the [[Żabbar Sanctuary Museum]]")
![Tourist carts in [[Petra]] [[Siq]] (Jordan)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PetraCart.jpg?width=200 "Tourist carts in [[Petra]] [[Siq]] (Jordan)")
![Carts from different Malay regions, exhibited at the [[Muzium Negara]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/National Museum KL 2008 157 pano.jpg?width=200 "Carts from different Malay regions, exhibited at the [[Muzium Negara]].")
![Kids in handcart. [[Leh]], [[Ladakh, India]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kids in cart. Leh, Ladakh.jpg?width=200 "Kids in handcart. [[Leh]], [[Ladakh, India]]")
![Cart with iron wheels in a farm at [[Chinawal]] village, India](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cart Chinawal 2.jpg?width=200 "Cart with iron wheels in a farm at [[Chinawal]] village, India")
![A ''charrette'', a wooden French cart ([[Cévennes]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cart.jpg?width=200 "A ''charrette'', a wooden French cart ([[Cévennes]])")
![A horsecart in [[Santiago de Cuba]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DirkvdM cuba horsecart.jpg?width=200 "A horsecart in [[Santiago de Cuba]]")
![A Chinese [[Sui dynasty]] (581–618 AD) cart figurine pulled by a bull](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cernuschi Museum 20060812 147.jpg?width=200 "A Chinese [[Sui dynasty]] (581–618 AD) cart figurine pulled by a bull")
![[[Mormon handcart pioneers]] crossing the [[Platte River]], [[modern reenactment]] of 1856 expedition](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PlattCrossing.jpg?width=200 "[[Mormon handcart pioneers]] crossing the [[Platte River]], [[modern reenactment]] of 1856 expedition")
![A walking cart, used for long-distance travel, seen at Michigan's [[Mackinac Bridge]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walking cart at Mackinac Bridge.jpg?width=200 "A walking cart, used for long-distance travel, seen at Michigan's [[Mackinac Bridge]]")
![Clay cart figurines, [[Catacomb culture]], 3 mill. BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carts Catacomb GIM.jpg?width=200 "Clay cart figurines, [[Catacomb culture]], 3 mill. BC")
![A Donkey Cart used for transporting goods in Northern part of [[Ghana]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donkey with Cart.jpg?width=200 "A Donkey Cart used for transporting goods in Northern part of [[Ghana]]")
![Transport of planks with a [[hand cart]] in [[Douala]], [[Cameroon]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Trasport de planches dans pousse à Douala.jpg?width=200 "Transport of planks with a [[hand cart]] in [[Douala]], [[Cameroon]]")
![Oxen-drawn]] express cart c. 1876](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Express wagon- oxen-drawn, near Haygood's store, Cotton Avenue, circa 1876 - DPLA - 9268db11b877e4357b616f67aa057c68.jpeg?width=200 "Oxen-drawn]] express cart c. 1876")
![Shariki pushing a cart loaded with barrels in pre-Meiji Japan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/"Shariki," or Cart Pushing Coolies.jpg?width=200 "Shariki pushing a cart loaded with barrels in pre-Meiji Japan")
![Dragging a heavy weight [[Alginet]], [[1954]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Centre històric d'Alginet. Col·lecció carros. Data 07-09-54 (País Valencià).jpg?width=200 "Dragging a heavy weight [[Alginet]], [[1954]]")
handcart
¦ noun a small cart pushed or drawn by hand.
Handcart
·noun A cart drawn or pushed by hand.
handcart
also hand-cart
(handcarts)
A handcart is a small cart with two wheels which is pushed or pulled along and is used for transporting goods.
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Cart
A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people.
It is different from the flatbed trolley also known as a dray, (for freight) or wagon, which is a heavy transport vehicle with four wheels and typically two or more humans.
Over time, the term "cart" has come to mean nearly any small conveyance, including shopping carts, golf carts, gokarts, and UTVs, without regard to number of wheels, load carried, or means of propulsion.
The draught animals used for carts may be horses, donkeys or mules, oxen, and even smaller animals such as goats or large dogs.
Examples of use of handcart
1. "I used to deliver parcels in a handcart," he recalled.
2. I don‘t believe we are going to hell in a handcart.
3. The book ‘To Hell in a Handcart‘ sums this up nicely. – A.
4. It is simply not true, as Mr Parris claims, that Iraq is going to hell in a handcart.
5. On Rampart Street on the edge of the French Quarter, a wooden handcart became a funeral bier.