cartage /ˈkɑːtɪd͡ʒ/ noun3 •The transport of goods by cart.Railways are forming in one quarter of this earth, canals in another, much cartage is wanted — 1848 •Any vehicular transportation of goods.I started general cartage work and hauling bagged cement to Pine Creek, south of Darwin. — 2000 •A charge made for such transport.Two-thirds of the usual expense of street cleansing is the expense of cartage, which, with a proper adaptation of the sewers, is wholly unnecessary. — 1842 formscartages