machine for hauling; on land, hauling-engine
Ancient Greek word, found 40 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, Rhesus 146: ὁλκοῖσι νυκτὸς τῆσδʼ ἐπʼ Ἀργείων στρατῷ.
All forms of ὁλκόσ