tautlinern.
/ˈtɔːtˌlʌɪnə/, U.S. /ˈtɔtˌlaɪnər/, /ˈtɑtˌlaɪnər/ A proprietary name for: a type of lorry trailer with curtain sides.
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1970 Financial Times 6 Jan. 9/7 Developed as a joint venture by Highway Trailers (Great Britain) and Boalloy, the Tautliner curtain sided semi-trailer is designed to give almost the same protection in transit as a box van.
1980 Irish Times 18 Mar. 16/4 The taut liner..has a roof but fully open sides which allow easy side access for fork lift trucks.
2008 A. Evans & J. Maloney Transport & Logistics 42 We..deliver anywhere in Australia and use a range of vehicles and trailers such as utes, tautliners, retractable skels, sideloaders and tippers.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1970- to bother one's head
- to bother the life out of
- to bottle it
- to bottle off
- to bottle out
- to bottom on gold
- to bottom out
- to bottom upon gold
- to bounce back
- to bounce it
- to bounce out
- to bounce out with
- to bound on
- to bound with
- to bouse it
- to bow and scrape
- to bow any one up or down
- to bow down in the house of rimmon
- to bow in
- to bow in the house of rimmon
- to bow oneself to mercy
- to bow oneself upon mercy
- to bow out
- to bow the chine
- to bow the ear