spring cart noun1 •A light, open, two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, typically for two passengers, having curved steel springs mounted between the axle and the wooden body to absorb shocks.And Dan indignantly waved his long, brown arm over the plant, which consisted of the engine, the boring apparatus, and a dilapidated spring-cart that was pulled by a lean, lonely-looking horse[.] — 1911 formsspring carts