wheelbarrow

wheelbarrow
/hweel"bar'oh, weel"-/, n.
1. a frame or box for conveying a load, supported at one end by a wheel or wheels, and lifted and pushed at the other by two horizontal shafts.
v.t.
2. to move or convey in a wheelbarrow.
[1300-50; ME; see WHEEL, BARROW1]

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