carting

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of cart

noun

1. The transport of goods by cart.

   “Near-synonym: wagonage”

2. The transport of someone in a cart through the streets as part of a public punishment or humiliation.

   “When Rowland Hill, Lord Mayor in 1550, instigated the carting of notable citizens for unchastity, several of them ‘told him that it was not right to be so severe […]’.”