A load carried on the back.
1823. A black fellow was taken up on suspicion, with a back load of live turkeys.—Mass. Spy, Dec. 3.
1853. Three or four years ago money was of little value in this country; you might go round exhibiting a back load of gold, and hold out a large piece to a man, I was going to say, almost as big as this bible, and ask him to work for you, but he would laugh at your offer, and tell you he was looking for some one to work for him.—Brigham Young, June 5: ‘Journal of Discourses,’ i. 255.
1854. We had to look out for ourselves, and then take a large back load besides.—H. C. Kimball at the Mormon Tabernacle, Nov. 26: id., ii. 160.
1856. I have myself seen them take back loads of wood and then fill their bags with the chips and small sticks.—Brigham Young, April 20: id., iii. 323.
