road-train

American  

[rohd-treyn] / ˈroʊdˌtreɪn /

noun

1. a convoy of motor vehicles.

2. a fleet of motor vehicles traveling together in line.

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road train British  

noun

1. a line of linked trailers pulled by a truck, used for transporting stock, etc

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Etymology

Origin of road-train

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

When Jonah Lomu was thundering about South Africa in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, strafing defenders like a road-train through wheat, there’d never been anything like him.

From The Guardian • Nov. 18, 2015

She pointed down at a giant road-train passing below, the only light coming from it a dim red flicker from underneath, the navigation laser reading the bar codes painted onto the road.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld