noun

1. any vehicle on wheels
2. Old Poet. a chariot
3. ☆ a vehicle that moves on rails, as a streetcar
4. an automobile
5. ☆ elevator ()
6. the part of a balloon or airship for carrying people and equipment

Etymology: ME & NormFr carre < L carrum, carrus, orig., two-wheeled Celtic war chariot < Gaul carros (OIr carr) < IE *ṛsos < base *ers-, to run > L currere, to run, cursus, course