Definition of "cartloads"

There were also 173,387 private alleys cleaned, from which streets, alleys and inlets there were removed *178,495 cartloads of dirt.There were removed from buildings *639,833 cartloads of ashes and *30,472 cartloads of dry waste, and *252,238 cartloads of kitchen garbage, making a grand total of matter removed of *1,101,038 cartloads.

1902 (Jan 2), William C. Haddock, Annual Report of the Bureau of Street Cleaning for the Year 1901

Wubo, a villager of Li village, wanted to use the wheat straw as firewood, and carried home several cartloads of it.

2010, Fei Wu, Suicide and Justice: A Chinese Perspective, page 162