semi-trailern.
A road trailer that has a wheel system at the rear only and is coupled to a suitable tractor to form an articulated lorry. Frequently transferred, an articulated lorry made up in this way.
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1919 Engineering 28 Nov. 718/2 With the semi-trailer the tractor partly carries and partly hauls the load, the front end of the two-wheeled vehicle being carried on a platform directly over the rear or driving wheels.
1926 Encycl. Brit. II. 987/2 This semi-trailer was a two-wheeled construction, the forward end of which was supported on the tractor frame by means of a swivelling fifth wheel. This end of the semi-trailer could be supported by means of jacks.
1949 Automobile & Carriage Builders' Jrnl. 103 iii. 38/1 Probably the world's most curvaceous semi-trailer.
1956 ‘N. Shute’ Beyond Black Stump 44 The diesel semi-trailer..ground to a standstill in a swirl of red dust.
1962 Coast to Coast 1961–2 141 A loaded semi-trailer stood beside the kerb in front of the hotel..and Keppler started towards it, hoping for a lift.
1978 O. White Silent Reach xv. 154 His car collided with a semi-trailer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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