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Definition of Trailer truck
1. Noun. A truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together.
Terms within: Semi, Semitrailer, Trailer
Specialized synonyms: Tandem Trailer
Generic synonyms: Motortruck, Truck
Definition of Trailer truck
1. Noun. (US dated) A semi-tractor truck. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trailer Truck
Literary usage of Trailer truck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wharf Management, Stevedoring and Storage by Roy Samuel MacElwee, Thomas Rothwell Taylor (1921)
"Some figures concerning the saving of time and expense by using the electric
trailer truck or other similar devices are shown in the following tables made ..."
2. The Electric Railway by Alonzo Morris Buck (1915)
"Weight of trailer truck 6000 1b. Weight of each motor 4000 Ib. The motor truck
is to have inside-hung brake shoes without brake beams. ..."
3. Quarterly of the National Fire Protection Association by National Fire Protection Association (1896)
"View of tractor-trailer truck that struck the rear of the LP-Ga> tank truck. ...
The contents of the tractor- trailer truck were destroyed by fire. ..."
4. Electric Railway Handbook: A Reference Book of Practice Data, Formulas and by Albert Sutton Richey, William Charles Greenough (1915)
"The trailer truck has outside hung shoes mounted on brake-beams, ... Ninety per
cent, brake power on the trailer truck requires a force of 6525 Ib. at each ..."
5. Truck Safety: The Safety of Longer Combination Vehicles Is Unknown (1993)
"... Because combinations with two 28-foot trailers are allowed nationwide, they
constitute a far greater percentage of multiple-trailer truck travel than do ..."
6. The Boston Electrical Handbook: Being a Guide for Visitors from Abroad (1904)
"5' 6" wheel base of trailer truck. 4' width of middle door. 3^" between platform
and centre. ... trailer truck axle is 5^", MCB, 3-3}" x 7" at journal. ..."
7. Interborough Rapid Transit: the New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment by IRT Subway System (New York, N.Y.) (1904)
"Cambria Steel Company, trailer truck Axles. Christensen Engineering Company,
Compressors, Governors, and Pump Cages on Cars ..."
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