"CARTS" redirects here. For the transportation system, see Capital Area Rural Transportation System, or Chautauqua CARTS. Capital Area Rural Transportation System or CARTS is a Public transportation system serving Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell The Chautauqua Area Rural Transit System (aka CARTS operates out of two terminals in Dunkirk NY and Jamestown NY serving virtually every city town village and hamlet of Chautauqua

A cart is a vehicle or device, using two wheels and normally one horse, designed for transport. Vehicles, derived from the Latin word vehiculum, are non-living Means of transport. A wheel is a circular device that is capable of rotating on its axis facilitating movement or transportation whilst supporting a load ( Mass) or performing labour in machines The horse ( Equus caballus) is a hoofed ( Ungulate) Mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae. Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another A handcart is pulled or pushed by a person. It is different from a dray or wagon, which is a heavy transport vehicle with four wheels and normally at least two horses, which in turn is different from a carriage, which is used exclusively for transporting humans. A wagon (in British English, sometimes waggon) or dray is a heavy four-wheeled Vehicle. A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people usually horse-drawn

Animals such as oxen, zebu cattle or donkeys are sometimes used instead of horses. Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family Zebus ( Bos primigenius indicus) sometimes known as 'humped Cattle ' or 'indicus' cattle are a type of cattle better-adapted to tropical environments The donkey or ass, Equus asinus, is a member of the Equidae or horse family and an odd-toed ungulate.

Contents 1 History 2 Types of carts 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 External links 6 References

History

Carts have been mentioned in literature as far back as the second millennium B. C. The Indian sacred book Rigveda states that men and women are as equal as two wheels of a cart. The Rigveda ( Sanskrit sa ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, a compound of ṛc "praise verse" and veda "knowledge" Hand-carts pushed by humans have been used around the world. In the 19th century, for instance, some Mormons travelling across the plains of the United States between 1856 and 1860 used handcarts. The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the LDS Church to The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Carts were often used for judicial punishments, both to transport the condemned – a public humiliation in itself (in Ancient Rome defeated leaders were often carried in the victorious general's triumph) – and even, in England until its substitution by the whipping post under Queen Elizabeth I, to tie the condemned to the cart-tail and administer him or her a public whipping. Public humiliation was often used by local communities to punish minor and petty criminals before the age of large modern Prisons (imprisonment was long unusual as a punishment Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC A Roman triumph ( la [[wikttriumphus triumphus]], Old Latin la triumpus, attested as the exclamation la TRIVMPE in the Carmen Arvale; via

Types of carts

Larger carts may be drawn by animals, such as horses, mules, or oxen. The horse ( Equus caballus) is a hoofed ( Ungulate) Mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae. In its common modern meaning a mule is the offspring of a male Donkey and a female Horse, which is classified as a kind of F1 hybrid. Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family They have been in continuous use since the invention of the wheel, in the 5th millennium BC. Carts may be named for the animal that pulls them, such as horsecarts or oxcarts. In modern times, horsecarts are used in competition while draft horse showing. Draft horse showing is a competition like many others Draft horses shows include driving and under saddle competitios in North America where exhibitors present their A dogcart, however, is usually a cart designed to carry hunting dogs: an open cart with two cross-seats back to back; the dogs could be penned between the rear-facing seat and the back end. For the species known as the African hunting dog Cape hunting dog or painted hunting dog see African Wild Dog A hunting dog refers to any Dog who

The term "cart" (synonymous in this sense with chair) is also used for various kinds of lightweight, two-wheeled carriages, some of them sprung carts (or spring carts), especially those used as open pleasure or sporting vehicles. A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people usually horse-drawn sprung Cart was a light one- Horse (or more usually Pony) two-wheeled vehicle with road springs for the carriage of passengers on informal occasions They could be drawn by a horse, pony or dog. Examples include:

• cocking cart: short-bodied, high, two-wheeled, seat for a groom behind the box; for tandem driving^[1]

• dogcart: light, usually one horse, commonly two-wheeled and high, two transverse seats set back to back

• donkey cart: underslung axle, two lengthwise seats; also called pony cart, tub-cart

• governess cart: light, two-wheeled, entered from the rear, body partly or wholly of wickerwork, seat for two persons along each side; also called governess car, tub-cart

• ralli cart: light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn, for four persons, body brought somewhat low by shafts fastened within rather than below it

• stolkjaerre: two-wheeled, front seat for two, rear seat for the driver; used in Norway

• tax cart: spring cart, formerly subject to a small tax in England; also called taxed cart

• Whitechapel cart: spring cart, light, two-wheeled, especially for family or light delivery service

An animal-drawn cart can bear the archaic name of wain (from the Old English and German root-word for wagon), for example a haywain, and the builders of such vehicles became known as "cartwrights" or "wainwrights". Tandem is a Latin Adverb meaning "at length" or "finally" Wicker is hard woven Fiber formed into a useful object Wicker is usually used for Baskets or Furniture. In Language, an archaism is the use of a form of speech or writing that is no longer current A wain is a type of Horse -drawn load-carrying vehicle used for agricultural purposes rather than transporting people for example a Haywain. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. A wagon (in British English, sometimes waggon) or dray is a heavy four-wheeled Vehicle. These terms survive as surnames of families descended from those practising these trades; also note the surname "Carter".

Carts have many different shapes but the basic idea of transporting material (or maintaining a collection of materials in a portable fashion) remains. Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern Carts usually have two or four wheels. Those with four wheels (drays or wagons) will often have a pivoting front axle that has a pole connected to the collars or yoke of the two guiding draught animals. A wagon (in British English, sometimes waggon) or dray is a heavy four-wheeled Vehicle. An animal collar is a device that attached to the neck of an animal to allow it to be harnessed tied up or for various other reasons A yoke is a wooden beam which is used between a pair of Oxen to allow them to pull a load (oxen almost always work in pairs The traces from the draught animals are connected to the pivoting axle and then, by chain, to the rear axle. In Transport, a trace is one of two or more straps ropes or chains by which a Carriage or Wagon, or the like is drawn by a harness horse Two-wheeled carts normally have shafts, one along each side of the draught animal that supports the forward-balanced load in the cart. The shafts are supported by a saddle on the horse. The draught traces attach to the axle of the vehicle. In all cases the traces are attached to a collar (on horses), to a yoke (on other heavy draught animals) or to a harness on dogs or other light animals. One-horse carts are common, on the other hand drays are pulled by many animals, as many as 8 or 10 depending on what is being hauled. A wagon (in British English, sometimes waggon) or dray is a heavy four-wheeled Vehicle.

Traces are made from a range of materials depending on the load and frequency of use. Heavy draught traces are made from iron or steel chain. Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 Steel is an Alloy consisting mostly of Iron, with a Carbon content between 0 Lighter traces are often leather and sometimes hemp rope, but plaited horse-hair and other similar decorative materials can be used. A rope is a length of Fibers twisted or Braided together to improve strength for pulling and Connecting.

The dray is often associated with the transport of barrels, particularly of beer. A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container traditionally made of Wood Staves and bound with Iron Hoops The Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed Alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea

Of the cart types not animal-drawn, perhaps the most common example today is the shopping cart (British English: shopping trolley), which has also come to have a metaphorical meaning in relation to online purchases (here, British English uses the metaphor of the shopping basket). A shopping cart (also called a trolley in British, Australian English, and New Zealand English; sometimes referred to as a carriage British English or UK English ( BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the Metaphor (from the Greek: μεταφορά - metaphora, meaning "transfer" is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects A basket is a container which is traditionally constructed from stiff fibres often made of Willow. Shopping carts first made their appearance in Oklahoma City in 1937. Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma.

The golf cart, designed to carry golfers and their clubs around a golf course faster and with less effort than walking, is another well known modern type of cart – in this case, self-propelled. A golf cart or golf buggy (officially referred to as a golf car according to ANSI standard z130

A Porter's trolley is a type of small, hand-propelled wheeled platform. A porter, also called a bearer, is a person who carries objects This can also be called a baggage cart. Baggage carts, Luggage carts or Trolleys are small Vehicles Pushed by travelers ( human-powered) to carry individual Luggage since the 13th century.

A soap-box cart (also known as a Billy Cart, Go-Cart, Trolley etc. Or see Kart (disambiguation. A soapbox car (also variously known as a soapbox cart, and especially in Australia billy cart ) is a popular children's construction project on wheels, usually pedaled, but also intended for a test race.

The term "Go-Kart", which exists since 1959, also shortened as "Kart", an alternative spelling of "cart", refers to a tiny race car with frame and two-stroke engine; the old term go-cart originally meant a sedan chair or an infant walker

Gallery

A charrette, a wooden French cart (Cévennes). For other meanings see Kart (disambiguation Kart racing or karting is a variant of Open-wheel Motor sport with For other meanings see Kart (disambiguation Kart racing or karting is a variant of Open-wheel Motor sport with Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, motor racing or car racing) is a Motorsport involving Racing Cars It The two-stroke Internal combustion engine differs from the more common Four-stroke engine by completing the same four processes (intake compression combustion exhaust The litter is a class of Wheelless Vehicles a type of Human-powered transport, for the transport of persons A baby walker is a device that can be used by Infants who cannot walk on their own to move from one place to another	A horsecart in Santiago de Cuba. Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island nation of Cuba	Cart and windmill at the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas, USA. The National Ranching Heritage Center, a Museum of Ranching History, is located in Lubbock on the campus of Texas Tech University. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the	An iron-lined wooden-spoked cart wheel
A simple wooden cart in Australia.	A Chinese Sui Dynasty (581–618 AD) cart figurine pulled by a bull. The Sui Dynasty ( 581 - 618 AD and in the undertaking of other construction projects including the reconstruction of the Great Wall.	A cart transporting watermelons in Harbin, China. ( Russian Kharbin) is a Sub-provincial city and the Capital of the Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National One man sits by the shafts to ensure the horse pulls against a downward load.

See also

Araba Baby transport Baggage cart Barouche Bicycle trailer Brougham Bullock cart Cabriolet Carriage Chariot Engine cart Float Golf cart

Governess cart Hand-truck Hansom cab Hay wain Hobcart Horse-drawn vehicles Jaunting car Landau Lorry (horse-drawn) Ralli car Red River ox cart Rickshaw Rully

Shopping cart Sicilian cart Sprung cart Sulky Taxicab Trolley (horse-drawn) Tumbril Un-sprung cart Wagon Wain Wheel Wheelbarrow Wheel chair

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