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carryall [by folk etymology < F carriole]

• 1 n. Obs. a light passenger sleigh usually accommodating two passengers and a driver, ordinarily drawn by two horses and widely used for pleasure in many parts of Canada from the 18th to the early 20th century.

  See also: cariole ((n.)) (def. 1b)  

  • 1714  (1933)  [Mr. Longuille sent a carryall for us.]
  • 1822  The next step is to cut down as many more, (rooting out the stumps,) so as to allow a carryall or slay (sledge) to pass.

• 2a n. in the North and Northwest, a light tobogganlike dog sled into which a single passenger or a load is laced securely, the dog-driver following behind.

  See also: cariole ((n.)) (def. 2a)  

  • 1897  My brother and I were now warmly rolled up in robes and blankets and lying in our carryalls.
  • 1938  An hour later the carryall stood loaded before the door, the shaggy dogs harnessed and curled in the snow. . . .

• 2b n. one of a number of vehicles so called because of their ability to carry many passengers or things.

  • 1861  The carry-all was of a soberer sort, imported from England by way of Hudson's Bay and York Factory, and of a pattern not now in fashion here and there--low heavy wheels, thick, substantial whiffle-trees, high dash-board, and a body like that of the carriages of well-to-do English squires half a century ago.
  • 1949  As "Carry-alls" for a mobile repair team, the Canadian Sled (10 cwt) proved unsatisfactory. . . .
  • 1963  . . . I had now travelled with a dogteam . . . with pack-horses, in a U.S. Army carry-all. . . .

• 3 n. the upper framework and leather or canvas sides of the sled; the structure mounted on the toboggan.

  See also: cariole ((n.)) (def. 3)  

  • 1948  The loading begins with a carry-all . . . a buck-skin thing [which holds] all that I want. . . .
  • 1959  His body was jammed . . . tightly in the carryall of the dog sled. . . .
  • 1963  Securely laced into the canvas carry-all of the dog sled . . . Mam [a bitch] screamed monotonously.