Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The harvest-home cart; the last loaded wagon.

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Examples

  • Harvest Queen, and placed upon her throne at the top of the sheaves in the hock-cart as it was drawn homewards to the farm.

    Old English Sports 1892

  • The bays and rosemary that wreath the hall at Yule, the log itself, the Candlemas box, the hock-cart and the maypole, nay,

    Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation William Ernest Henley 1876

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