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handbarrow

[ hand-bar-oh ]

noun

  1. a frame with handles at each end by which it is carried.
  2. a handcart.


handbarrow

/ ˈhændˌbærəʊ /

noun

  1. a flat tray for transporting loads, usually carried by two men
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of handbarrow1

First recorded in 1400–50, handbarrow is from the late Middle English word handberwe. See hand, barrow 1
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Example Sentences

He went out, took his handbarrow and wheeled it rapidly away.

Potter and Injun Joe were carrying a handbarrow with a rope and a couple of shovels on it.

The trophy is then replaced on the handbarrow with the gardener, who has to hold it upright, and prevent any accident.

Daggett was brought over to the house, on a handbarrow, for the second time, and made as comfortable as circumstances would allow.

The communication trench we found to be one of the widest we had ever seen; a handbarrow could have been wheeled along the floor.

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