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Webster 1913 Edition

Car

Car

,
Noun.
[OF.
car
,
char
, F.
cahr
, fr. L.
carrus
, Wagon: a Celtic word; cf. W.
car
, Armor.
karr
, Ir. & Gael.
carr
. cf.
Chariot
.]
1.
A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.
2.
A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.
[U. S.]
☞ In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars; as, tram car. Pullman car. See
Train
.
3.
A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity.
[Poetic]
.
The gilded
car
of day.
Milton.
The towering
car
, the sable steeds.
Tennyson.
4.
(Astron.)
The stars also called Charles’s Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.
The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern
Car
.
Dryden.
5.
The cage of a lift or elevator.
6.
The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.
7.
A floating perforated box for living fish.
[U. S.]
Car coupling
, or
Car coupler
,
a shackle or other device for connecting the cars in a railway train.
[U. S.]
–
Dummy car
(Railroad)
,
a car containing its own steam power or locomotive.
–
Freight car
(Railrood)
,
a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods.
[U. S.]
–
Hand car
(Railroad)
,
a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc.
[U. S.]
–
Horse car
, or
Street car
,
an omnibus car, draw by horses or other power upon rails laid in the streets.
[U. S.]
–
Palace car
,
Drawing-room car
,
Sleeping car
,
Parlor car
, etc.
(Railroad)
,
cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers.

Webster 1828 Edition

Car

CAR

, CAER, CHAR, in names of places, is sometimes the Celtic Caer, a town or city, as in Caermarthen.

Definition 2024

càr

càr

See also: Appendix:Variations of "car"

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

càr m ‎(genitive singular càir, plural càraichean)

  1. cart; car; chariot
  2. raft (for carrying things on)
  3. jaw
  4. fish
  5. stone
  6. scab, mange, itch
  7. fen, mossy plain

Derived terms

Adverb

càr

  1. friendly, related to

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)

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