a line of linked trailers pulled by a truck, used for transporting stock, etc
road-train in American English
(ˈroudˌtrein)
noun
1.
a convoy of motor vehicles
2.
a fleet of motor vehicles traveling together in line
Word origin
[1955–60]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backgrounder, geodesic dome, opioid, rollout, software
Examples of 'road train' in a sentence
road train
The study considered various options, including an 83-tonne, 105ft (32m) 'road train'.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I thought it unlikely that the man could be in a road train.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The road train was huge and sat very high up.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A tourist road train runs between the park and the hotels.
The Sun (2011)
The same trip by boat/road/train would have taken three times as long.
The Sun (2014)
The four-vehicle road-train test was a success, according to the project organisers.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Other drivers were unfazed by passing a 120-tonne, 30-wheel road train.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Journeying by road, train, bus, ferry or even aircraft, some might spend a month every year just getting to and from work.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Trouble is, thanks to the convenience of articulated 'road-train' trucking, nobody had driven cattle from the outback stations to market for decades.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The system works by drivers in their cars joining a road train at the start of their commute to work, following the lead vehicle.