roadworthinessn.
/ˈrəʊdˌwəːðɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈroʊdˌwərðinᵻs/ The state, condition, or fact of being roadworthy (in various senses); (also) reliability.
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roadworthiness1843
roadability1907
1843 Mail Coach Contract (Ireland) 15 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 561) LI. 31 Having been requested by the Inspector of Mail Coaches to give our opinion as to the road worthiness of the same, we declare..the wheels, carriages, and axles are safe.
1867 Upper Canada Law Jrnl. July 187/2 I cannot but think that those learned judges had not present in their minds the idea that there existed in the case of carriers of passengers, any absolute warranty of roadworthiness.
1923 Daily Mail 6 Aug. 4/4 One object was to demonstrate the roadworthiness or otherwise of these..family cars.
1955 Times 1 July 6/6 The Government have dropped the proposals for compulsory tests of vehicles for roadworthiness.
1980 N. Freeling Castang's City xvi. 105 Polish those boots, boy, and examine them for roadworthiness.
2009 West Australian (Nexis) 11 Feb. (MOT section) 9 [Participants] will need to have their bike checked by a qualified motorcycle mechanic and obtain a letter confirming its roadworthiness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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