Cart

Cart, a species of carriage with two wheels, thus differing from the ordinary four-wheeled wagon. The Scotch cart, used also in the north of England, is exceedingly convenient for general merchandise or for agricultural produce, and is well adapted for being drawn on roads in a hilly country. Its weight is only about half a ton, while its usual load is from a ton to 22 cwt. Its carrying capacity for hay or straw may be increased by adding 'topsides' or a sparred frame. Offenders used to be ignominiously exposed by being carted through a town; and were sometimes whipped at the cart's tail. All carts in Great Britain must by law bear the name and address of their owner conspicuously marked on them.