carting

English

Etymology

From cart +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːtɪŋ/

Verb

carting

  1. present participle of cart

Noun

carting (plural cartings)

  1. The transporting of someone in a cart through the streets as part of a public punishment or humiliation.
    • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 15:
      When Rowland Hill, Lord Mayor in 1550, instigated the carting of notable citizens for unchastity, several of them ‘told him that it was not right to be so severe […]’.

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