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truckline

American  
[truhk-lahyn] / ˈtrʌkˌlaɪn /

noun

  1. a transportation line utilizing trucks.


Etymology

Origin of truckline

First recorded in 1920–25; truck 1 + line 1

Example Sentences

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In that year they were hired by Edward H. Heller, New-Dealing California businessman and later a member of the Surplus Property Board, to pull his Pacific Intermountain Express, a West-Coast-to-Chicago truckline, out of the red.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the ICC, reaffirming its decision in the Pennsylvania Truck Lines, Inc. case that truckline acquisitions by railroads are not in the public interest if they compete with the roads, said no.

From Time Magazine Archive