handbarrow noun2 •A frame, supported by poles, used for carrying things; similar to a litter or stretcher.[…] they framed a thing like a hand barrow and carryed this selfe-helpelesse person on their bare shoulders twelve miles to his residence: — 1634 •Any wheeled cart or box propelled by hand.The next conveyance (which, indeed, is the most general) is the costermonger’s hand-barrow. These are very light in their make, with springs terminating at the axle. — 1851 formshandbarrows