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A Ralli car (or Rally cart) is a traditional type of horse-drawn cart, named after the Ralli family. [1] The vehicle was commonly used as a general run-around for families. The design developed towards the end of the 19th century and was derived from the dog cart, which has the same seating layout. The Ralli though is a less 'sporting' version ...
Hearse: The horse-drawn version of a modern hearse. Herdic: A specific type of horse-drawn carriage, used as an omnibus. Irish jaunting car, or outside car (1890–1900) Jaunting car: a sprung cart in which passengers sat back to back with their feet outboard of the wheels. Karozzin: a traditional Maltese carriage drawn by one horse or a pair
The cart was also relatively safe, being difficult to either fall from, overturn, or to injure oneself with either the horse or wheels. The governess cart was a relatively late development in horse-drawn vehicles, appearing around 1900 as a substitute for the dogcart. These were a similar light cart, but their high exposed seats had a poor ...
The so-called taxed cart was the cheapest and crudest of carts, rating the lowest possible taxed category; it was completely devoid of adornment, springs or cushions, and the owner was required to conspicuously paint their full name on the rear. Jane Austen used a donkey cart made as a miniature gig. Though it utilized springs, because it wasn ...
The cart has two wheels and is primarily handmade out of wood with iron metal components. Carts called "Carretti da Lavoro" (carts for work) are used for hauling miscellaneous light loads such as produce, wood, wine, and people, and "Carretti da Gara" are carts for festive occasions such as weddings and parades.
A gari crosses the busy Addis Ababa-Dire Dawa Road in Adama, Ethiopia.. A gari (Swahili for 'cart'; [1] Amharic: ጋሪ) is a horse-drawn cart.Garis typically have two wheels with rubber tires, are pulled by one horse, and can carry two passengers plus the driver.
The K-8 cart was a two-wheel horse-drawn cart used by the U.S. Signal Corps, designed for transporting in the field a large assortment of signalling equipment in the field. The cart's gauge is 5 ft 2 in, the wheel rims 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches wide, and the wheel diameters are 5 ft. The body of the cart consists of a large chest surmounted by a ...
Horse and cart at Beamish Museum (England, 2013) Dockworkers and hand cart (Haiti, 2006). A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand [1]) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by draught animals such as horses, donkeys, mules and oxen, or even smaller animals such as goats or large dogs.