cartload

noun

Etymology: From Middle English cartlode, cartelode, equivalent to cart + load.

1. The amount that a cart can carry.

   “Two days of skirmishing outside the town were followed by a bold sortie headed by a dervish; and, as the result of this affair, a cartload of heads was sent as trophies to Constantinople.”

   “The youngster put some cartloads of food into his bag and set out again.”

2. Any large amount.

   “. . . although a little apt to get buried under a cartload of written pleadings, . . .”

3. A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.