machine for hauling; on land, hauling-engine
Ancient Greek word, found 30 times in the texts on Socratos.
Herodotus, Histories 2.154.5: ἐξ ὧν δὲ ἐξανέστησαν χώρων, ἐν τούτοισι δὲ οἵ τε ὁλκοὶ τῶν νεῶν καὶ τὰ ἐρείπια τῶν οἰκημάτων τὸ μέχρι ἐμεῦ ἦσαν.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.375: στείρης, ἐν δʼ ὁλκῷ ξεστὰς στορέσαντο φάλαγγας·
Euripides, Ion 145: δάφνας ὁλκοῖς,
All forms of ὁλκός