carreta
A historical North American term for a heavy ox-drawn cart used in the Spanish colonial period, particularly in California and the Southwest.
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A historical North American term for a heavy ox-drawn cart used in the Spanish colonial period, particularly in California and the Southwest. The carreta was typically a crude wooden two-wheeled cart used to transport goods and people. The word passed into American English through Spanish-speaking settlers.
The mission kept two carretas for hauling grain from the fields to the storehouse.
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(North America, historical) An oxcart.
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