- A Cart was a two-wheeled vehicle. It often went with a qualifying name according to its intended use. It came in two forms; Un-sprung - sturdy and load carrying and Sprung - light and usually, primarily for carrying people.
- An Ambulance had much the same purpose as the modern one. Details of the design varied but would be a lightly-built and well-sprung, enclosed vehicle with provision for seated casualties and stretchers.
- A Barouche is an elegant, high-slung, open carriage with a seat in the rear of the body and a raised bench at the front for the driver, a servant.
- Berlin
- Brake
- Britzka
- Brougham
- Buckboard
- A Buggy is a light, open, four-wheeled carriage, driven by its owner. It is an American design.
- A Fly Boat was a canal boat which changed horses at stages and could therefore keep moving, care being taken to maximize its speed.
- A Bow Wagon was a simple agricultural wagon with laths bowed over the wheels in the manner of mudguards, to keep bulky loads such as straw from contact with them. An Australian design.
- An Un-sprung Cart was a simple two-wheeled vehicle for workaday use in carrying bulk loads. It was usually drawn by one horse.
- A Dray was an un-sprung cart. That usage was particularly current in Australia and New Zealand but was correct elsewhere. However, in Britain, even in the 18th century, the name came to be associated with Brewer s' deliveries so that the vehicle more correctly called a Trolley , later used by them, also came to be known as a . These are still seen at horse shows in Britain. A '''dray''' was also a sledge used for moving felled trees in the same way as the wheeled skidder. (See under implements, below). It could be used in woodland, apparently with or without snow, but was useful on frozen lakes and waterways. [OED
family using a horse-drawn , 1890]]
- A Float was a light, two-wheeled domestic delivery vehicle with the centre of its axle cranked downward to allow low-loading, therefore easy access to the goods. It was used particularly for milk delivery.
- Lorry , a low-loading, platform body with four small wheels mounted underneath it. The driver's seat was mounted on the headboard.
- A Mail Coach was a stagecoach which carried passengers but its primary job was the carriage of mail.
- Mophrey , an un-sprung cart which could be extended forwards with the addition of front wheels. It was used by small farmers as and when dense or bulky loads were to be carried (muck-spreading and harvest). An eastern English design.
- Pantechnicon Van , originally a van used by The Pantechnicon for delivering goods to its customers.
- Travois A very simple sledge used by nomads for moving relatively small loads.
- Trolley Like the lorry, it was a platform body with four small wheels mounted underneath it. However the wheels were rather larger and the deck higher. The driver's seat was mounted on the headboard.
- Trolley And Lift Van , a standardized trolley and a lift van, a standardized box, designed to fit eachother or any other of the same sort. The lift van was the direct counterpart of the modern Container in the materials and size appropriate to its time.
- Wagon . See also Twenty Mule Team
- Wain
- A Broad Boat was used on the broad (14 feet) canals of Britain and towed from the tow path.
- A Narrowboat was used on the narrow (7 feet) canals of Britain and towed from the tow path.
- A Slow Boat was a canal boat which used only one team of horses and therefore stopped each night to rest them.
- ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (1960)
- Ingram, A. ''Horse-Drawn Vehicles Since 1760'' (1977) ISBN 0-7137-0820-4
- Oxford English Dictionary (1971 & 1987) ISBN 0-19-861212-5
- Walker, J. ''A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language'' (1791)
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