DCHP-3

carryall

[by folk etymology < F carriole]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Obs.

a light passenger sleigh usually accommodating two passengers and a driver, ordinarily drawn by two horses and widely used for pleasure in many parts of Canada from the 18th to the early 20th century.

See: cariole ((n.))(def. 1b)

Quotations

1714
[Mr. Longuille sent a carryall for us.]
1822
The next step is to cut down as many more, (rooting out the stumps,) so as to allow a carryall or slay (sledge) to pass.
2an.

in the North and Northwest, a light tobogganlike dog sled into which a single passenger or a load is laced securely, the dog-driver following behind.

See: cariole ((n.))(def. 2a)

Quotations

1897
My brother and I were now warmly rolled up in robes and blankets and lying in our carryalls.
1938
An hour later the carryall stood loaded before the door, the shaggy dogs harnessed and curled in the snow. . . .
2bn.

one of a number of vehicles so called because of their ability to carry many passengers or things.

Quotations

1861
The carry-all was of a soberer sort, imported from England by way of Hudson's Bay and York Factory, and of a pattern not now in fashion here and there--low heavy wheels, thick, substantial whiffle-trees, high dash-board, and a body like that of the carriages of well-to-do English squires half a century ago.
1949
As "Carry-alls" for a mobile repair team, the Canadian Sled (10 cwt) proved unsatisfactory. . . .
1963
. . . I had now travelled with a dogteam . . . with pack-horses, in a U.S. Army carry-all. . . .
3n.

the upper framework and leather or canvas sides of the sled; the structure mounted on the toboggan.

See: cariole ((n.))(def. 3)

Quotations

1948
The loading begins with a carry-all . . . a buck-skin thing [which holds] all that I want. . . .
1959
His body was jammed . . . tightly in the carryall of the dog sled. . . .
1963
Securely laced into the canvas carry-all of the dog sled . . . Mam [a bitch] screamed monotonously.