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Sno-cat orig. U.S.|ˈsnəʊkæt|
Also sno-cat, Snocat, snocat.
[f. sno, an arbitrary respelling of snow n.1 + caterpillar 1 b.]
A proprietary name in the U.S. for a type of snowcat (see snowcat).
1946Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 10 Sept. 212/1 Sno-cat. No claim is made to the exclusive use of the word ‘Sno’ apart from the mark. For automotive vehicles for traveling over snow. Claims use since Sept. 1, 1941. 1957Times 4 Dec. 11/7 The Snocat..came to the rescue and easily hauled both the Weasels and sledges on to better surfaces. 1958Listener 13 Nov. 793/1 The popular impression that Antarctica is always and only white is matched by the suspicion that a modern expedition in those regions is all sno-cats and telecommunications. 1968Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 26 June (1970) 691 We got into a strange vehicle called a ‘Sno-Cat’, a long cab on caterpillar treads. 1970Observer 20 Dec. 25/1 A wealthy industrialist seriously proposed running a Snocat service along the entire Haute Route. 1977New Scientist 20 Jan. 123 The unloading operation was carried out with heavy cargo sledges towed in relays by snocats on the sea ice and caterpillar tractors on the ice shelf. |