autocaden.
/ˈɔːtə(ʊ)keɪd/, U.S. /ˈɔdəˌkəɪd/, /ˈɔdoʊˌkəɪd/, /ˈɑdəˌkəɪd/, /ˈɑdoʊˌkəɪd/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
= motorcade n.
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society > travel > [noun] > passage in a continuous stream > procession > of vehicles
motorcade1910
autocade1924
tractorcade1977
1924 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Rev. 22 May 18/7 The autocade got away shortly before 3 o'clock.
1963 Punch 10 July 43/2 Half..my personal autocade security staff are left-handed, according to which running-board they man.
1996 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 13 Nov. 3 d We traveled to games in an autocade; six, seven cars.
2007 C. A. Monagan Connecticut Icons 95 Taking up the rear of the official auto-cade was one Omero Catan, a New Yorker.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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