deadcart

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noun

A cart for transporting the bodies of the dead in times of plague.

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Meanings

noundeadcart (plural deadcarts)

plural deadcarts · alternative dead-cart

  1. historicalA cart for transporting the bodies of the dead in times of plague.

    It shuddered over the tortures of the Provost, breathed forth its profound execrations against the barbarities of Cunningham, and the avarice of Loring, and with eyes of horror, followed the deadcart, daily loaded with victims[…]

    1834, The North American Magazine, volume 4, page 194

Origin

From dead + cart.

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“deadcart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadcart. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deadcart,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadcart.

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