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semi-ˈtrailer
[semi- 8 a.]
A road trailer that has a wheel system at the rear only and is coupled to a suitable tractor to form an articulated lorry. Freq. transf., an articulated lorry made up in this way.
1919Engineering 28 Nov. 718/2 With the semi-trailer the tractor partly carries and partly hauls the load, the front end of the two-wheeled vehicle being carried on a platform directly over the rear or driving wheels. 1926Encycl. Brit. II. 987/2 This semi-trailer was a two-wheeled construction, the forward end of which was supported on the tractor frame by means of a swivelling fifth wheel. This end of the semi-trailer could be supported by means of jacks. 1949Automobile & Carriage Builders' Jrnl. CIII. iii. 38/1 Probably the world's most curvaceous semi-trailer. 1956‘N. Shute’ Beyond Black Stump 44 The diesel semi-trailer..ground to a standstill in a swirl of red dust. 1962Coast to Coast 1961–62 141 A loaded semi-trailer stood beside the kerb in front of the hotel..and Keppler started towards it, hoping for a lift. 1978O. White Silent Reach xv. 154 His car collided with a semi-trailer. |