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-- Cart rope,
a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any strong
rope. -- To put (or get or
set) the cart before the horse,
to invert the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting
an effect for a cause.

Cart, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Carted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Carting.] 1. To carry or convey in a
cart.

2. To expose in a cart by way of
punishment.

She chuckled when a bawd was carted.

Prior.

Cart, v. i. To carry burdens
in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.

Cart"age (?), n. 1.
The act of carrying in a cart.

2. The price paid for carting.

Cart"bote` (?), n. [Cart +
bote.] (Old Eng. Law.) Wood to which a tenant
is entitled for making and repairing carts and other instruments
of husbandry.

||Carte (?), n. [F. See 1st
Card.] 1. Bill of fare.

2.

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