tractor-trailer
[trak-ter-trey-ler]
- a combination trucking unit consisting of a tractor hooked up to a full trailer or a semitrailer.
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Compare rig(def 8).
Also called semitrailer, semitruck.
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Examples from the Web for tractor-trailer
Contemporary Examples
In 2004, Afghan security forces stumbled on a cache of heroin hidden in tractor-trailer outside Kandahar.
Historical Examples
Yes, just turning into the bridge approach, two tractor-trailer combos, preceded and followed by white cars.
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