stock-carn.

Etymology: < stock n.¹ + car n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstock-car.

1. A truck or wagon for transporting cattle or other livestock by rail. U.S.

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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > wagon for livestock

horse-box1846

stock-car1858

1858 Pennsylvania Rail Road Ann. Rep. 14 The rolling stock [included]..188 Eight-wheeled Stock Cars.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2390/1 Stock-car, a railway-car for carrying cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, etc.

1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 250 There were oil-cars, and hay-cars, and stock-cars full of lowing beasts.

1920 Proc. 3rd Nat. Country Life Conf. 12 They shot me across the country in a stock car.

1949 Exciting Western May 55/1 Another group was bringing the cattle up the Texas trail to ship east in the stock cars.

2. A racing car which has the basic chassis of an ordinary commercially produced vehicle but is extensively modified for use in racing. Originally U.S.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > racing car based on ordinary model

stock-car1914

superstock1919

stock1951

modified1974

stocker1976

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun] > racing car

racing car1901

scratch-car1908

stock-car1914

stocker1976

1914 Automobile 9 Apr. 792/2 It was a more strenuous test than ever staged in America in the days of stock cars.

1927 Sat. Evening Post 21 May 71 America's fastest stock car.

1935 G. E. T. Eyston & B. Lyndon Motor Racing viii. 73 They have been rivalled by reconstructed ‘stock’ cars.

1960 Daily Tel. 26 Sept. 1/8 (heading) Stock car ploughs into 10-deep crowd.

1982 Times 16 June 10/3 Andretti raced cars, stock cars, midgets, whatever presented itself.

3. attributive, as stock-car driver, stock-car racer, stock-car racing, etc.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun] > driver

road racer1885

racing driver1903

racing motorist1904

speed king1913

stock-car driver1955

privateer1969

stock-car racer1976

stocker1976

1914 Automobile 9 Apr. 800/1 Chairman Richard Kennerdell and his Contest Board are at work on the stock car rules.

1955 Times 17 May 10/1 A woman stock car driver..died in a Coventry hospital to-night from injuries received in an accident while she was competing in a stock car meeting.

1960 News Chron. 26 Sept. 1/5 He organises stock-car and jalopy racing.

1969 A. Lurie Real People 114 Nick Donato proposed that we should all go and watch what he called ‘my kind of racing’—at the stock-car track over in Dryden.

1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green vi. 29 Ramshackle, blaring taxis, weaving round the squares with the recklessness of stock-car drivers.

1976 B. Bova Multiple Man (1977) viii. 87 Become a stock car racer. It's a helluva lot safer.

1976 A. Davis Television 67 The programmes close with classified results..including American and Gaelic football, stock car racing, canoe slalom and hurling.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	stock-car
释义	stock-carn. Etymology: < stock n.¹ + car n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstock-car. 1. A truck or wagon for transporting cattle or other livestock by rail. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > wagon for livestock horse-box1846 stock-car1858 1858 Pennsylvania Rail Road Ann. Rep. 14 The rolling stock [included]..188 Eight-wheeled Stock Cars. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2390/1 Stock-car, a railway-car for carrying cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, etc. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 250 There were oil-cars, and hay-cars, and stock-cars full of lowing beasts. 1920 Proc. 3rd Nat. Country Life Conf. 12 They shot me across the country in a stock car. 1949 Exciting Western May 55/1 Another group was bringing the cattle up the Texas trail to ship east in the stock cars. 2. A racing car which has the basic chassis of an ordinary commercially produced vehicle but is extensively modified for use in racing. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > racing car based on ordinary model stock-car1914 superstock1919 stock1951 modified1974 stocker1976 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun] > racing car racing car1901 scratch-car1908 stock-car1914 stocker1976 1914 Automobile 9 Apr. 792/2 It was a more strenuous test than ever staged in America in the days of stock cars. 1927 Sat. Evening Post 21 May 71 America's fastest stock car. 1935 G. E. T. Eyston & B. Lyndon Motor Racing viii. 73 They have been rivalled by reconstructed ‘stock’ cars. 1960 Daily Tel. 26 Sept. 1/8 (heading) Stock car ploughs into 10-deep crowd. 1982 Times 16 June 10/3 Andretti raced cars, stock cars, midgets, whatever presented itself. 3. attributive, as stock-car driver, stock-car racer, stock-car racing, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun] > driver road racer1885 racing driver1903 racing motorist1904 speed king1913 stock-car driver1955 privateer1969 stock-car racer1976 stocker1976 1914 Automobile 9 Apr. 800/1 Chairman Richard Kennerdell and his Contest Board are at work on the stock car rules. 1955 Times 17 May 10/1 A woman stock car driver..died in a Coventry hospital to-night from injuries received in an accident while she was competing in a stock car meeting. 1960 News Chron. 26 Sept. 1/5 He organises stock-car and jalopy racing. 1969 A. Lurie Real People 114 Nick Donato proposed that we should all go and watch what he called ‘my kind of racing’—at the stock-car track over in Dryden. 1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green vi. 29 Ramshackle, blaring taxis, weaving round the squares with the recklessness of stock-car drivers. 1976 B. Bova Multiple Man (1977) viii. 87 Become a stock car racer. It's a helluva lot safer. 1976 A. Davis Television 67 The programmes close with classified results..including American and Gaelic football, stock car racing, canoe slalom and hurling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1858
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