Sunday Rest: dogcart. Word Not To Use Today.

There's nothing wrong with the word dogcart except that I've really never got over my disappointment that there aren't any dogs big and strong enough to pull one.

I don't know, though...

...huskies?

Anyway, a dogcart was originally a small two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a single horse that used to have a section in it for transporting gun dogs. Later on, it could be any similar very light vehicle:



Mind you, gun dogs aren't nearly as interesting as they sound, either.

Word Not To Use Today: dogcart. The Old English form of the dog word was docga. Cart comes from the Old Norse kartr and is related to the words carriage and car.

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I was looking for a picture to illustrate this post and came across this:


Milk sellers in Brussels, Belgium.

Now I'm feeling sorry for the dog...