[f. CART v. + -ING1.] The action of conveying in a CART. In specific senses: a. exposure to public ignominy in a cart; b. the transport of coal underground to the shaft.
1554. Martin, Marriage of Priestes, LL ij b (L.). In carting, and ploughing.
1587. Golding, De Mornay, xii. (1617), 188. Haddest thou once shamed him by the pillory or by carting.
1642. T. Taylor, God’s Judgem., II. iv. 57. Scarce a monthely Sessions … without hanging and carting.
1645. Mercurius Anti-Brit., 11 Aug., 11. Have you ever, at a Carting, seen People throw rotten eggs?
