(a) Draught. (b) Load, burden, lading.

A pack-horse load. Obsolete exc. dialect. In early use also gen., †a load, burden.

A load, a weight carried; esp. a load carried by or on a ship, a ship's cargo. Cf. sense 4. Obsolete.

A load.

A (material) load, burden, weight. Obsolete.

That which is laid upon a person, beast, or vehicle to be carried; a burden. Also, the amount which usually is or can be carried; e.g. cart-load…

= burden, n.

That which is drawn. A load. Obsolete.

A pack or burden, esp. one which is carried by a packhorse. Cf. sumpter, n. 3. Obsolete.

That which is carried or transported; cargo, freight, baggage. Obsolete.

A pack, a bundle; a burden, a load; a packet. Now rare.

transferred. A burden, load; also figurative. a fraught of water: ‘two pailfuls’ (Jamieson). Obsolete exc. Scottish.

The cargo or lading (of a ship); a shipload. Hence, anything carried by sea or land; ‘goods’ in transit or being transported by rail, road, or…

concrete. That with which something is loaded; a load, lading, cargo. Now somewhat rare.

A cartload of something, as a measure of quantity. Cf. burden, n. 3. Now historical and rare.

figurative and in extended use. Load, burden, freight.

The freight or lading of a ship, a shipload.

Something to be carried; a burden. Obsolete. rare.

transferred. Burden, load.

In plural. Parcels or consignments of comparatively little weight (see quots. 1889 1890). Also attributive.

dialect. The load or amount carried at one journey: cf. gang, n. 3.

Consignment (of goods).

A load carried by a vehicle; esp. the part of a load from which revenue is derived; passengers, cargo, etc.