deadcart

English

Alternative forms

• dead-cart

Etymology

dead +‎ cart

Noun

deadcart (plural deadcarts)

1. (historical) A cart for transporting the bodies of the dead in times of plague.
   • 1834, The North American Magazine, volume 4, page 194:

     It shuddered over the tortures of the Provost, breathed forth its profound execrations against the barbarities of Cunningham, and the avarice of Loring, and with eyes of horror, followed the deadcart, daily loaded with victims […]