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▪ I. automobile, a. and n.|ˈɔːtəməbiːl|
Also (formerly) auto-mobile.
[a. F. automobile (1876 in Littré Suppl.), f. Gr. αὐτός self + F. mobile: see auto-1 and mobile a.]
A. adj. That moves by means of mechanism and power within itself; esp. of a vehicle, self-propelling as distinguished from horse-drawn.
1883H. Greer Dict. Electricity 48 There are half a dozen systems of electric traction..in use... An auto-mobile car, with isolated rails. 1886Harper's Mag. June 25/2 These vessels..besides their equipment of auto-mobile torpedoes, are provided with powerful batteries. 1895Daily News 15 Oct. 5/3 Signor Cleto Brena has arrived at Naples with his automobile carriage from Milan. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 12/1 France has undoubtedly led in the development of the light automobile vehicle.
B. n. A self-propelled vehicle; a motor vehicle.
1895Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Oct. 2/3 Three miles an hour gives the automobile little chance of displaying the powers it doubtless enjoys. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 11/1 On the Continent of Europe and in the United States the usual expression for these vehicles [sc. motor-cars] is ‘automobile’. 1934H. G. Wells Exper. Autobiogr. II. viii. 543 The bicycle was the swiftest thing upon the roads in those days, there were as yet no automobiles.
attrib.1896Manch. Guardian 24 Sept. 10/1 The Automobile Club of France. 1901Daily News 16 Feb. 6/1 The French have shown themselves keenly interested in the subject of auto-mobile races. 1903[see trial n.1 2 a].
▪ II. ˈautomobile, v.
[f. prec.]
intr. To travel or ride in an automobile or motor car; to drive. Hence autoˈmobiling vbl. n., the action or practice of using an automobile; also attrib.
1898Cosmopolitan Sept. 485/1 Mr. Tiffany assures the writer that he finds ‘automobiling’ more interesting than coaching. 1901W. R. H. Trowbridge Lett. her Mother to Eliz. xii. 54 Blanche spent the morning..automobiling with the Vicomte and the Marquise. 1903N.Y. Times 19 Dec. 9 Here is a hat for the skating girl and the automobiling woman. 1924Public Opinion 24 Oct. 403/2, I have lately automobiled in Cornwall, Devonshire, Somerset and adjoining counties. 1932New Yorker 9 Apr. 59/2 Yachting on the Trollfjord,.. automobiling in the Baltic Capitals. |