motor van

American  

noun

British.

1. a motor truck, especially one enclosed to protect the cargo.

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Etymology

Origin of motor van

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

He rode about Northern Virginia on a three-wheel cycle and drove alone across the country on a specially equipped motor van.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2016

Returning in the carrier's motor van she sat nid-nod, while conversation ran blithe as a freshet over ulcered legs, murders, spring onions, and the price of eggs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sides of a motor van had been let down to form a speaking platform.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like a householder who took his visitors for tradesmen, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery stood in the door of his motor van and demanded icily : "What do you want?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Sadly he goes through the last dismal rites and sees the modest fragments of his dominion hustled toward the cold sepulture of a motor van.

From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher