motor van

American  

noun

British.

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

---

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

After about 45 minutes the three-man team piles into its motor van and speeds off to another beach.

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

Later in the day a motor van appeared in that street.

From The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident by Saltus, Edgar