cartload UK /ˈkɑːt.ləʊd/US /ˈkɑɹt.loʊd/ noun3 •The amount that a cart can carry.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. — 1854 •(historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities. •Any large amount.. . . although a little apt to get buried under a cartload of written pleadings, . . . — 1850 formscartloads