wheelbarrow

Definition

A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.

Etymology

From Middle English whelbarwe; equivalent to wheel + barrow.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "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."