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road-train

[ rohd-treyn ]
/ ˈroʊdˌtreɪn /
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noun
a convoy of motor vehicles.
a fleet of motor vehicles traveling together in line.
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Origin of road-train

First recorded in 1955–60
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How to use road-train in a sentence

  • Every one who possibly could would grow or fatten something when he could just put it on a road train, and send it off to market.

    Field and Hedgerow|Richard Jefferies

  • The projected road train is flexible and capable of coming to the crops.

    Field and Hedgerow|Richard Jefferies

  • They found the cross-road train, entered, and took their seats.

    Anne|Constance Fenimore Woolson

  • The rail road train made the transit from Springfield to Hartford, 26 miles, in 33 minutes.

    The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for road-train

road train
noun
Australian a line of linked trailers pulled by a truck, used for transporting stock, etc
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