carrus
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carrus (plural carri)
(uncommon, historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
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The origin may be from the Italian word "carne" (meat) or "carrus" (car).
Of the cars, the most popular was the carrus ("car"), a standard chariot form descending to the Romans from a greater antiquity.
Their transportation service was the cursus clabularis, after the standard wagon, called a carrus clabularius, clabularis, clavularis, or clabulare.