English

Noun

cartage ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cartages)

1. The transport of goods by cart; carting
2. A charge made for such transport

Quotations

• 1848 Thomas Carlyle - Thomas Carlyle

  Railways are forming in one quarter of this earth, canals in another, much cartage is wanted

• 1842 Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners - Report to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, from the Poor Law

  Two-thirds of the usual expense of street cleansing is the expense of cartage, which, with a proper adaptation of the sewers, is wholly unnecessary.