Definition of "cartage" in English

noun

1. The transport of goods by cart.

   • Near-synonym: wagonage

2. Any vehicular transportation of goods.

   • Near-synonyms: shipping, carriage

3. A charge made for such transport.

   • Near-synonym: wagonage
   • 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.