carreta

[ kuh-ret-uh ]

/ kəˈrɛt ə /

a simple two-wheeled oxcart.

Origin of carreta

1835–45; Americanism; < American Spanish, Spanish, equivalent to carr(o) cart, car¹ + -eta noun suffix (cf. -ette)

Dear Carreta,—I reached this place yesterday and hope to be home to-night (Monday).

The Life of George Borrow |Clement K. Shorter
The animals have neither yoke nor harness, and the forward push of the head is the motive power by which the carreta is propelled.

The White Chief |Mayne Reid
Dear Carreta,—I got here safe, and upon the whole had not so bad a journey as might be expected.

The Life of George Borrow |Clement K. Shorter
My dearest Carreta,—I write to you a line or two from this place; it is close upon the frontier of Wallachia.

The Life of George Borrow |Clement K. Shorter

Women and children were seated, à la Turque, on the bottom of the carreta, there being no raised seats in the vehicle.

What I Saw in California |Edwin Bryant