handbarrow

Thân thiện

Two workers carry a heavy box using a handbarrow.

Definition

Noun: A handbarrow is a simple, rectangular carrying frame with handles at both ends. It is designed to be carried by two people, one at each end, to transport loads.

Usage

A handbarrow is a tool for manually moving items that are too bulky, heavy, or awkward to be carried by one person. It is typically used for short-distance transport of goods like garden produce, construction materials, or market wares.

Examples

• The gardeners used a handbarrow to move the heavy sacks of soil across the lawn.
• At the old market, vendors would carry their goods on a handbarrow from the cart to their stalls.
• Without a wheelbarrow, they improvised with a handbarrow to transport the bricks.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in historical or traditional contexts, describing methods of transport before the widespread use of carts with wheels for small loads.
• It can appear in literature or descriptions of manual labor to evoke a sense of simple, physical work.

Variants and Related Words

• Barrow: A more general term which can mean a handbarrow, but more commonly refers to a wheelbarrow (a similar frame with one or two wheels).
• Litter: A portable bed or couch, often for carrying a person, which is similarly carried by people at each end. A handbarrow is for inanimate objects.
• Stretcher: A device for carrying the sick or injured, structurally similar to a handbarrow but designed for a specific purpose.

Synonyms

• Carrying frame
• Portable litter (for objects)
• Man-powered stretcher (for goods)

Related Phrases/Idioms

There are no common idioms or phrasal verbs specifically using the word "handbarrow."

Học thuật

Noun

1. a rectangular frame with handles at both ends; carried by two people