different between cartload vs jobbe

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??t.l??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??t.lo?d/

Noun

cartload (plural cartloads)

1. The amount that a cart can carry.
   • 1854 Francis Rawdon Chesney - The Russo-Turkish Campaigns of 1828 and 1829

     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.
2. (by extension) Any large amount.
   • 1850 Edward Everett - The Mount Vernon Papers

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

3. (historical, specifically) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.

Synonyms

• (amount that a cart can carry): cartful
• (unspecific amount): wagonload, cart, wagon, fodder, fother
• (specific measure): See load

Hyponyms

• (specific measure): See load

Translations

Anagrams

• COLAtard

English

Noun

jobbe (plural jobbes)

1. A cartload (Obsolete spelling of job)

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??b?/

Verb

jobbe

1. inflection of jobben:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Noun

jobbe

1. Alternative form of jubbe

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Verb

jobbe (imperative jobb, present tense jobber, simple past and past participle jobba or jobbet, present participle jobbende)

1. to work (in a job, in employment)

Synonyms

• arbeide

Related terms

• jobb

References

• “jobbe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.