cartage
‘the process of conveying by cart; the price paid for this’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
O.N. kartr akin to O.E. cræt ‘cart, wagon, chariot,’ related to M.Du. cratte ‘woven mat, hamper,’ Du. krat ‘basket,’ O.E. cradol ‘little bed, cot’ < Proto-G. kradulaz + -age < kaa < kers- < Tamil kaṭu