wheelbarrow

Etymology

From Middle English whelbarwe; equivalent to wheel + barrow.

noun

  1. A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.
    One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions. 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 11, in Mr. Pratt's Patients
    The line was built by navvies using little more than wheelbarrows and shovels, with whatever material was close at hand, and the railway suffered from earthworks problems right from the start. July 13 2022, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Fareham Tunnel blockade aids landslip prevention”, in RAIL, number 961, page 32

verb

  1. (transitive) To convey in a wheelbarrow.
  2. (transitive, aviation) To cause the weight of an aeroplane to become concentrated around the nosewheel.

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