Crossword clues for carryall
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Carryall \Car"ry*all`\, n. [Corrupted fr. cariole.] A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context North American English) A large bag; a holdall 2 (context North American dated English) A light, covered carriage drawn by a single horse 3 (context US English) Any of several types of automobile, usually a station wagon or van built on a truck chassis.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Historically, a carryall is a type of carriage used in the United States in the 19th century. It is a light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually drawn by a single horse and with seats for four or more passengers. The word is derived by folk etymology from the French carriole.
The name carryall was later used for a passenger automobile having a closed body and two facing seats along the sides . More recently, automobile manufacturers have employed the term for what were later called sport utility vehicles. These vehicles had panel truck bodies with side windows and removable rear seats. The Chevrolet Suburban SUV was once known as the Carryall Suburban.
In Canada, the term "carryall" is often also used to refer to a type of sleigh. It is about 4 m (13 ft) long and 0.5 m (1.5 ft) wide, fitted with a canvas or hide container. It is pulled by dogs or a snowmobile. It is used principally by trappers and hunters to transport people and goods.
The term is also used for a carrier with a scraperlike self-loading device drawn by a tractor, pushed by a bulldozer or self-propelled. It is used especially for hauling earth and crushed rock . Similarly in agricultural parlance it is often used to describe a platform device mounted to the rear three point linkage of smaller tractors for carrying materials particularly tools or stock feed.
Usage examples of "carryall".
Almost every resident in the country has a carriage they call a carryall, which name I suspect to be a corruption of the cariole so often mentioned in the pretty Canadian story of Emily Montagu.
The door sagged open, and at her gesture the players filed into the room, carryalls and cased Gameboards in hand.
After a bit of maneuvering, she got out with her purse over her shoulder, a grocery bag in one hand, and two department store carryalls clutched in the other.
She pushed the door shut with one hip and moved to the rear of the car, setting down the carryalls while she opened the trunk.
She could feel the edges of her disks through the thin fabric of the carryall, wanted suddenly to get to work again.
Lioe did as she was told, and swung her carryall onto the massive VDIRT table that dominated the space.
There was little traffic, and when a light-colored carryall tailgated him briefly, he glanced back annoyed in his rearview mirror.
Sergeant Worrel watched the yellow carryall speed down the grassy rural road.
She finished the last clip and reached for a water proof carryall, refocusing herself to the task at hand.
Then, without further delay, they climbed into the carryall, the two women at the back, on seats which made them jump up and down as the vehicle went jolting along the road, and the two men in front on the front seat.
He straightened up to tuck it back into the carryall, and stopped, looking curiously at the remaining contents of the bag.
Keene's single carryall was tagged for forwarding to his accommodation address, and he was carrying just a light overjacket slung over his arm, and a portasec briefcase.
It took only a few more minutes to deflate and remove the inner tubes, stuff them in a carryall, return to the hotel, and strip away the melded Semtex that lined them.
He was dressed and inserting the last pencil file into his carryall when he heard a very light rap on the door.
Our vehicles consisted of a couple of brand new motor homes for sleeping and living quarters, preceded by a couple of jeep carryalls and followed by a pickup truck, all three smaller vehicles with four-wheel drive, carrying the armed members of the party while we were on the move.