pool-drivev.
/ˈpuːldrʌɪv/, U.S. /ˈpulˌdraɪv/ Chiefly North American.
intransitive. To share vehicles and driving duties on a regular journey.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > shared transport > share transport [verb (intransitive)] > share car
pool-drive1942
car-pool1966
1942 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 2 July 8/6 Farmers need to limit driving to a bare minimum, pool driving and trucking with neighbours.
1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 18 Mar. s6/1 Most go back and forth from Oshawa—working at General Motors is a way of life. They pool-drive.
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ˈpool driving n.
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1963 Citizen-Advertiser (Auburn, N.Y.) 24 Dec. 4/1 He suggests that people turn to ‘pool driving’ in which one member of a neighborhood or family group going to a party by car be designated the party's driver.
2002 Mirror (Nexis) 27 Dec. 14 The driver was not specifically for him but ‘would also be available for general pool driving’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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