Noun

(en noun)

A cart drawn by a dog.

A two wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two transverse seats back to back. The rear seat originally closed up to form a box for carrying dogs.

* 1903

At the same instant an empty dog-cart , the horse cantering, the reins trailing, appeared round the curve of the road and rattled swiftly towards us.

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, year = 1967 , first = Barbara , last = Sleigh , authorlink = Barbara Sleigh , title = (Jessamy) , edition = 1993 , location = Sevenoaks, Kent , publisher=Bloomsbury , isbn = 0 340 19547 9 , page = 57 , url = , passage = While Kitto chatted to William, Jessamy looked with interest at the dog cart . It had a pair of high wooden wheels with two seats back to back above. Between the shafts the bay mare tossed her head and fidgeted on the cobbles. }}