country-cart

Updated: May 16, 2025

Dogs for economy's sake, perhaps generally supply the place of oxen or horses, and it is no uncommon thing to see three large mastiffs abreast, harnessed to a country-cart. A donkey and a cow together, are sometimes met with, and one man, going to the festival at Iglau, had his wife and children in a little wagon, drawn by a dog and a donkey.

Bayard Taylor - Views a-foot

There tumbled into the compartment, as the train was moving off, a mean, lean little person a Mahratta, so far as Kim could judge by the cock of the tight turban. His face was cut, his muslin upper-garment was badly torn, and one leg was bandaged. He told them that a country-cart had upset and nearly slain him: he was going to Delhi, where his son lived. Kim watched him closely.

Rudyard Kipling - Kim