carlot

English

Etymology 1

car +‎ lot

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ)ˌlɒt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

carlot (plural carlots)

(US) car park

Etymology 2

From carl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ)lət/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

carlot (plural carlots)

(obsolete) A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene v]:
  That the old carlot once was master of.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for carlot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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