Found 1 hit - Term: to put the cart before the horse, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cart \cart\ kaumrt, n. as. craet; cf. w. cart, ir.
gael. cairt, or icel. kartr. cf. car.
1. a common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a scythian
dwelling on wheels, or a chariot. "phoebus' cart."
--shak.
1913 webster
2. a two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of
husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
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packing all his goods in one poor cart. --dryden.
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3. a light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen,
butchers, etc.
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4. an open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
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cart horse, a horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or
used for drawing heavy loads; -- also spelled carthorse.
cart rope, a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any
strong rope.
to put the cart before the horse, to get the cart before
the horse, or to set the cart before the horse, to invert
the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting an
effect for a cause; to do things in an improper order.
1913 webster +pjc
see also:
car cart horse carthorse cart rope to put the cart before the horse to get the cart before the horse
to set the cart before the horse
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