camion
a truck used for carrying freight or military supplies, equipment, and troops.
a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads; dray.
Origin of camion
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How to use camion in a sentence
The men packed into the camions had broken through the canvas covers and leaned out, waving their arms and shouting.
One Man's Initiation--1917 | John Dos PassosAgain the village street was full of the grinding roar and throb of camions, full of a frenzy of wheels and drunken shouting.
One Man's Initiation--1917 | John Dos PassosAfter lunch we stood for some time watching the unending stream of camions proceeding into Verdun.
The White Road to Verdun | Kathleen BurkeThree or four big gray camions were waiting at the upper end of the yard while the workmen loaded them.
With the Doughboy in France | Edward HungerfordSo we hustled two camions over there and found four men killed and five wounded.
With the Doughboy in France | Edward Hungerford
British Dictionary definitions for camion
/ (ˈkæmɪən, French kamjɔ̃) /
a lorry, or, esp formerly, a large dray
Origin of camion
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