motor pool
noun
: a group of motor vehicles centrally controlled (as by a governmental agency) and dispatched for use as needed
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The officer told him to head over to the motor pool. 
Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2022 Kove, aka John Kreese, checked out the 5th Marine Expedition’s motor pool of armored vehicles, shouldered an assault rifle and hopped aboard a Humvee and a military vehicle equipped with a 50-caliber gun turret. Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2022 Even before the United States entered World War II, Army brass knew there was a deficiency in the U.S. motor pool: Our trucks were too big for quick, stealthy movement. Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2022 That is down from 44,289 motor pool trips and nearly 6.2 million miles in 2019. Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2022 No one was hurt, but Army motor pool car driver Pfc. Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2021 Witnesses at the motor pool said Guillen did not arrive with the paperwork. Kelsey Bradshaw, USA TODAY, 7 July 2020 After auditors questioned the use, Stapleton returned the vehicle to the motor pool in March 2019. Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2019 After auditors questioned the use, Stapleton returned the vehicle to the motor pool in March 2019. San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2019 See More
Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2022 Kove, aka John Kreese, checked out the 5th Marine Expedition’s motor pool of armored vehicles, shouldered an assault rifle and hopped aboard a Humvee and a military vehicle equipped with a 50-caliber gun turret. Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2022 Even before the United States entered World War II, Army brass knew there was a deficiency in the U.S. motor pool: Our trucks were too big for quick, stealthy movement. Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2022 That is down from 44,289 motor pool trips and nearly 6.2 million miles in 2019. Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2022 No one was hurt, but Army motor pool car driver Pfc. Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2021 Witnesses at the motor pool said Guillen did not arrive with the paperwork. Kelsey Bradshaw, USA TODAY, 7 July 2020 After auditors questioned the use, Stapleton returned the vehicle to the motor pool in March 2019. Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2019 After auditors questioned the use, Stapleton returned the vehicle to the motor pool in March 2019. San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
1942, in the meaning defined above