Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cart
nouncarting (plural cartings)
plural cartings
- 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 […]’.
2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 15
Synonyms & antonyms
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nounthe work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it
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Origin
- Old Norsekartr
- Proto-Germanic*kradô
- Proto-West Germanic*krat
- Old Englishcræt
- Middle Englishcart
- Englishcart
- Englishcarting
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APA
carting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carting
MLA
“carting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carting.
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