Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cartwain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cart-wain
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wagon using for hauling loads.

Example Sentences

"Poor Pascoe's naked body he espies, Behind the cartwain, as he casts his eyes; […]"
"And as soon as he came to the bridge, it was so wide that two cartwains could go along side by side; and Gwalchmei wondered at seeing the bridge, which he had seen so small before that, now so large as that."
"He did so, and no sooner had the horse stepped on it than it became wide enough for two cartwains to cross side by side in this respect it resembled much more closely the Bridge of the Souls in the Irish visions alluded to."

Etymology

From cart + wain, perhaps from Middle English *cartwain, continuing Old English crætwæġn (“wagon, chariot”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *cartwain, crætwæġn

Inflected Forms

cartwains (plural)

Questions

What does cartwain mean?: A wagon using for hauling loads.
Where does cartwain come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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