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locomobile, a. and n.|ləʊkəˈməʊbɪl|
[f. L. locō, abl. of locus place + mōbilis mobile. Cf. F. locomobile.]
a. adj. ‘Having the power to change place, partially or entirely’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1889);
b. n. ‘A locomobile vehicle’ (Webster Suppl. 1902). Also attrib. So locomoˈbility [cf. F. locomobilité], ‘the faculty of being locomobile’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1895W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry V. 748 The elevator and macerating cylinder are driven by a locomobile. 1900Sci. Amer. 27 Jan. 54/1 The steam carriage which is popularly and commercially known as the ‘Locomobile’. 1900Sun (N.Y.) 23 May 7/6 A locomobile operator, was arraigned for driving a locomobile, which is a steam automobile. 1915Lit. Digest 21 Aug. 387/2 Goodyear Cord Tires... Adopted for the new Locomobile as standard equipment. a1936Kipling Something of Myself (1937) vii. 177, I bought me a steam-car called a ‘Locomobile’, whose nature and attributes I faithfully drew in a tale called ‘Steam Tactics’. 1962R. B. Fuller Epic Poem on Industrialization 169 No, the ephemeralization Of doing more with less, Took gold along with tonnage And three-ton Locomobiles. |