English Dictionary

night cart

名詞

歴史的

(historical) A cart used to remove the contents of privies by night.

日本語の意味

歴史的な用語。夜間に野外便所（privies）の内容物を運搬するために使用された車両。

At dusk the town's night cart rumbled through the narrow alleys, collecting the contents of privies from house to house.

夕暮れに町の、夜間に便所の汚物を回収するくみ取り車が狭い路地をゴトゴトと進み、家々の便所の汚物を収集した。

意味（1）

(historical) A cart used to remove the contents of privies by night.

But above all I would beg my reading merry Friends of the thoughtless kind not to be so much surpriz'd at the Apparitions of their own Brain; not to start and be frighted when they first make Devils by Day-light, and then see them in the dark; and as they may be assur'd they will hardly ever see any thing worse than themselves, so let them resolve not to be scar'd at Shadows, or amus'd with Vapours; mistaking the Devil for an Ass, and tell us of the Saucer Eyes of a Pink-eyed Bear; not fancy they see a Hearse with headless Horses, and take the Night Cart for a fiery Chariot, which one would think they might distinguish by their Noses, unless they will own that their Fear gave them a worse Smell than that of the Devil.

night carts （ plural ）