: as much as a cart will hold

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In one shocking case, in Hillsborough, North Carolina, a man pushing a cartload of power washers out of a Home Depot shoved an eighty-two-year-old employee to the concrete floor without breaking stride. Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 This illustration shows one of Alcuin’s puzzles: A man and woman, each the weight of a cart, and two children who weigh a cartload combined, have to cross a river. Marta Zaraska, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cartload was in the 14th century

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“Cartload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cartload. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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