单词 | car |
释义 | carn.1 1. a. A wheeled, usually horse-drawn conveyance; a carriage, cart, or wagon. In later use chiefly with modifying words. Compare jaunting-car n. Now rare.Applied locally and at certain times to various specific vehicles; spec. in Ireland, an Irish car.In quot. 1832: a miniature carriage or truck used in experiments, etc.Recorded earliest in car clout n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] carc1320 chara1400 charet?a1400 wagon1542 carry1600 rotan1676 messagerie1777 pillbox1789 bandy1791 Pennsylvania wagon1800 gharry1810 rath1813 vardo1819 rig1831 c1320 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 514 (MED) In 24 Carcloutis cum clavis pro eisdem. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 83 Ȝif the snow ne were men myght not gon vp on the yse ne hors ne carre nouþer. 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 122 For cariage..of the Kinges carre..frome Grenewiche. 1540 T. Cromwell Let. 26 Jan. in State Papers Henry VIII (P.R.O.: SP 1/157) f. 100 That in the cartes and carres comyng in to the same..there be not brought in weapen. 1576 Act 18 Eliz. x. §4 Cars or Drags, furnished for..Repairing..Highways. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxv. xiii. 556 They sent little above forty carres [L. vehicula]. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Esdras v. 55 They gaue carres that they should bring Cedar trees from Libanus. View more context for this quotation 1716 London Gaz. No. 5446/2 Carts, Drays, Carrs and Waggons. 1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 399 Merchants, and others that use Carrs or Carts. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland i. 45 The hire of a car, and horse, and driver, ten pence a day. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic iv. 87 The living object AB, the mirror MN, and the lens LL, must all be placed in a moveable car for the purpose of producing the variations in the size of the phantasms. 1885 Evening News 25 July 2/6 I then untackled the horse from the car. 1888 N.E.D. at Car Mod. In some provincial towns (e.g. Birmingham) ‘car’ means a four-wheeled hackney carriage, ‘cab’ meaning a hansom. 1904 W. H. Mallock Veil of Temple vii. ii. 371 I telegraphed over night to your agent, that an Irish car should be sent here... The car is here. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 563 The car and horse..turn. Corny Kelleher on the sideseat sways his head to and fro in sign of mirth at Bloom's plight. b. Chiefly literary and poetic. A chariot, esp. of war, triumph, splendour, or pageantry; spec. the chariot of Phaethon or the sun, or that in which the moon, stars, day, night, or time are said to ride.north, northern car: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > chariot wainc1175 carc1350 chairc1374 chariotc1374 curre1483 wagon1582 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xix. 8 Hij in carres [L. curribus], and hij in horses, and we shul herien þe name of God. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lxvi. 15 The Lord in fyr shal come, and as a whirlewynd his foure horsid carres [L. quadrigae]. 1565 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc ii. i. sig. Bvii Lo suche are they nowe in the Royall throne As was rashe Phaeton in Phebus Carre. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. iv. 2 The wearie sonne..by the bright tracke of his fierie Carre . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 65 Four times [he] cross'd the Carr of Night. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 120 To draw the Carr of Jove's Imperial Queen. View more context for this quotation 1737 R. Glover Leonidas iii. 133 The king arose. ‘No more; prepare my car.’ 1759 S. Johnson Idler 7 Apr. 105 A slave was placed on the triumphal car. 1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington 55 And a reverent people behold The towering car, the sable steeds. 1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. vii. 93 Whose body opposing the progress of the car of Juggernaut is crushed beneath its monstrous wheels. 1951 L. P. Hartley My Fellow Devils xxxii. 344 They were both silent, listening to the rumbling of the wheels of their ordeal as like the car of Juggernaut it lumbered nearer. 1977 R. Strong Cult Elizabeth i. 36 Elizabeth is being pushed along from behind on some sort of triumphal car with a chair of state upon it. c. A vehicle resembling a cart without wheels; a sleigh. rare (in later use Scottish and Canadian regional (Newfoundland)).In early use apparently associated with the conveyance of criminals: compare cart n. 2c, hurdle n. 1c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on runners > [noun] car1488 harrow15.. trail1570 sladea1585 slidec1692 carriole1761 carryall1797 trail-cart1803 jumper1823 toboggan1829 konaki1914 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 263 On a caar wnlikly thai him cast. 1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 21 Sept. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 288 They have also a few sleds, or cars, as we call them in Ayrshire, clumsily made. 1927 Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiq. Soc. 1925–6 20 Car, a rude cart without wheels for bringing in peats and hay. 1937 in P. K. Devine Devine's Folk Lore Newfoundland 13 He tackled the horse to the car. 2. a. The passenger compartment of a balloon, airship, cableway, etc.; a gondola. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > basket or car basket1783 car1783 gallery1784 nacelle1853 boat car1877 gondola1896 1783 Scots Mag. Dec. 653/1 They then descended so low as to skim along the surface of the ground... Seeing a hill before them, they cast some of their superfluous cloathing out of the car, and thus cleared the eminence. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxxiv. 448 (Of Air Balloons) To this a sort of car, or rather boat, was suspended by ropes. 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 171 The car, or boat, is made of wicker-work covered with leather. 1893 Electr. Engineer 10 Nov. 434/2 A scheme..to run an aerial flight across the Dyke by means of a car suspended on a cable. 1919 H. Shaw Text-bk. Aeronaut. xvii. 198 In the Parseval type [of airship], the car is suspended from a large elliptical rigging band just below the centre of the envelope. 1950 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) i. 46 Observation balloon, a balloon fitted with a basket or car to carry passengers. 1999 S. Zielinski tr. G. Custance Audiovisions i. 28 Ten cameras, weighing a total of 500 kilograms, were positioned in a circle in the car of a balloon. b. Chiefly U.S. The passenger compartment or cage of an elevator or lift. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > other means of conveyance > [noun] > lift or hoist > parts of car1847 cab1873 lift-gate1948 1847 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1846 1542 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (29th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 52) III Attachment of a suspending rope of an elevator car by means of an intermediate device. 1870 Gold Hill (Nevada) News 25 Aug. The cable fell..upon the car and cage. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 2 Feb. 2 The elevator man seemed to lose control of the elevator at the fifth floor. The car made a sheer drop from the fourth story to the basement. 1943 D. Baker Trio iii. 171 When leaving car, close car gate and landing door, otherwise elevator becomes inoperative. 2008 New Yorker 21 Apr. 107/3 Another line, the governor cable, is connected to a device that detects if the elevator car is descending at a rate twenty-five per cent faster than its maximum designed speed. 3. Chiefly North American. a. A railway carriage or wagon (frequently with distinguishing word). Also: a streetcar or tramcar.Formerly the usual sense in North America (sense 4 being more usually expressed by motor car or other words).coal, dining, freight, observation, parlour, passenger, petroleum, restaurant, sleeping, tool-car, etc.: see the first element. In British non-technical use chiefly as the second element in compounds relating to the conveyance of passengers. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage rail wagon1824 railway wagon1824 wagon1825 car1826 railway car1828 railroad car1829 railcar1833 steam-car1833 road car1834 motor car1878 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > sleeping car Pullman car1867 bed-carriage1869 car1873 sleeper1875 wagon-lit1884 bunk-car1894 couchette1920 slumbercoach1958 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > tramcar streetcar1832 road car1834 tram-carriage1868 tramway car1872 tram-car1873 surface car1879 tram1879 car1890 railbus1932 1826 Laws Commonw. Mass. 4 Mar. c. 183 §5, p. 331 The conveyance of stone and other property, in their cars and vehicles on said railways. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 181 During my last trip on the Columbia and Philadelphia rail road, a lady in the car had a shawl burned to destruction on her shoulders. 1846 E. Loomis Treat. on Algebra 86 A train of cars moving at the rate of 20 miles per hour, had been gone three hours, when a second train was started at the rate of 25 miles per hour. 1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House IV. xlv. 274 Even Pullman's cars shook him. 1890 Electr. Engineer 17 Jan. 50/2 The Lea Bridge, Leyton, and Walthamstow Tram Co., in view of having to get fresh tenders for horsing its cars, is prepared to enter into a contract with any electrical engineering company of repute to install electric traction upon its lines. 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 July 6/3 The picnic party left the Gorge terminus during the early forenoon in the special sight-seeing car of the B.C. Electric Railway. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Phoenix II (1968) 252 One sits in the breakfast car in the train, coming to London... In America the Pullmans..don't shake like our cars. 1940 R. Wright Native Son ii. 127 He waited ten minutes for a car and none came. 1991 J. DeMont Citizens Irving (1992) iii.41 By 1935 Saint John's transit system consisted of 23 miles of streetcar tracks and 34 cars, almost all of which were in poor repair. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 15 Jan. e1/2 Most Amtrak trains have a ‘quiet car’ where phone calls and even loud talking are banned in favor of monastic silence. b. As many or as much as a railway car will hold; a carload of freight transported by railway. ΚΠ 1851 Daily Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 29 Dec. We notice on the 21st November the Engine ‘Shelby’..hauled to Sandusky..a train of thirty two large cars, with the following freight..22 Cars Wheat. 1870 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1867–8 7 446 A farmer had far better send..one car of good sheep in the twelve months, than six cars of..bad breed. 1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant 133 The last car of lard was so strong that it came back of its own accord from every retailer they shipped it to. 1948 Green Bay (Wisconsin) Press-Gaz. 30 June 23/4 Receipts were: wheat 38 cars, corn 83, oats 34 and soy~beans 9. 2002 F. LeBar When Days Were Not Long Enough ix. 97 A car of flour cost $1200, a car of corn $800, a car of wheat $1600, a car of oats $700. 4. A road vehicle powered by a motor (usually an internal combustion engine), designed to carry a driver and a small number of passengers, and usually having two front and two rear wheels, esp. for private, commercial, or leisure use; an automobile; = motor car n. 2.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] buggy1888 motor vehicle1890 motor carriage1894 autocar1895 jam jar1895 motor car1895 car1896 traction1896 motor1899 bubble1901 machine1901 Lizzie1913 buzz-wagon1914 road car1914 short1914 scooter1917 buzz-box1920 ride1930 drag1935 bus1939 wagon1955 wheels1959 sheen1968 low rider1974 scoot1977 1896 L. Serraillier tr. D. Farman Auto-cars 132 The latter drove with a daring which may have been dangerous to himself, but which never affected his car. 1900 W. W. Beaumont Motor Vehicles I. 615 Hill-climbing trials alone would not of course be sufficient as a test of the wearing power or durability of a car. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 19/1 Some crooks in a motor stopped his car in the tunnel, laid out the jeweler and his chauffeur and got away with the goods. 1948 A. Huxley Ape & Essence (1949) i. 12 He threw the car into gear and we were off. 1967 S. Terkel Division Street i. 32 One guy was driving sixty miles an hour... Boom, right into another car. The second car looked like an accordion. 2005 Stuff Aug. 147/2 Toyota's Prius is a steady seller; if someone makes a hybrid car that looks cool, we'll be congestion-charge free and better off. Compounds C1. a. General attributive and objective, as car industry, car journey, car theft, car travel, etc.Until the early 20th cent. chiefly with reference to railway cars (see sense 3); now more usually with reference to motor cars (see sense 4). ΚΠ 1659 J. Bland Trade Revived 32 The sixth meanes to ease and incourage trade and traders is, that the great trouble and vexations which they lye under, by reason of Car Porters, and wharfingers may be removed. 1841 N.Y. Herald 25 June 2/5 At Syracuse take the packet boats (by way of relief from car travel). 1849 S. G. Goodrich First. Bk. Hist. (ed. 4) v. 22/2 Here you will see a car factory, where they make the convenient and splendid cars that are used on railroads. 1862 Morning Post 4 Feb. 2/5 All the sneering of the Ultramontane journalists about Sir Robert Peel's rapid car-journey through the West has availed nothing. 1880 Isle of Man Times 26 June 5/4 The car industry of this town is a most important one. 1922 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 22 Sept. 7/4 The government is not contemplating any drastic action to compel car users to give up riding for pleasure or recreation. 1931 Times 30 May 14/1 (heading) Youths sentenced for car theft. 1942 Pop. Mech. Mag. Feb. 149/1 When a starting motor fails to crank the car engine properly, the trouble will most commonly be found not in the motor itself. 1961 B. P. Pashigian Distribution of Automobiles viii. 227 Data showing the distribution of car sales by size of city are practically non-existent. 1978 Boating Apr. 35/1 Car speakers haven't exactly been noted for high performance or high fidelity. 1989 S. Walklate Victimology v. 122 A further third of victims of both burglary and car theft wanted compensation. 1995 Daily Tel. 17 Nov. 19/2 Work is still the main cause of car travel. 1999 M. Hulse tr. W. G. Sebald Vertigo (2000) ii. 89 A vertiginous feeling came over me as it used to in my childhood, when any car journey would make me feel sick. 2012 Tasmanian Country (Nexis) 3 Feb. 17 The job losses that would follow if the car industry collapsed. b. car alarm n. ΚΠ 1956 Times 20 Apr. 1/7 Save 5 per cent. to 25 per cent. on..insurance by fitting the ‘Selmar’ anti-thief car alarm. 2012 K. Hearne Tricked 176 She locked the door using her key fob, activating the car alarm. car axle n. ΚΠ 1836 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 17 New Ser. 437 Carriage and car axle. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2011/1 Saddle,..4. (Railway.) a. The bearing or brass resting on the journal of a car-axle in the axle-box. 1950 Pop. Sci. Dec. 84/1 Wheels at opposite ends of a car axle were insulated from each other, preventing a short-circuit. 2010 Philadelphia Daily News (Nexis) 18 Nov. (Editorial opinion section) 21 A man owned property where dogs were chained to car axles half-buried in the woods. car body n. ΚΠ 1807 T. J. Rawson Statist. Surv. County of Kildare 228 Strip off the iron and pin-planks round the wheels; on the car-body any necessary weight may be placed. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 390/1 The truck is guided by the carbody with..mathematical precision. 1959 New Statesman 1 Aug. 141/1 A car-body firm. 1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 2 Dec. 10/4 This year nostalgia covered everything—the way rust covers an old car body, the way kudzu covers a field and obliterates all the sharp, clear lines. car buffer n. ΚΠ 1864 Sabbath Recorder (N.Y.) 28 Apr. 67/5 A car buffer is in use on the Great Western Railway. 1949 Code of Federal Regulations (U.S.) 95 Caught by passenger car buffer or foot plate. car bumper n. ΚΠ 1852 Sci. Amer. 13 Mar. 205/3 A is the platform, commonly called the car-bumper, at each end of the cars. 1939 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 45/3 Snow scraper fastens to any car bumper. 2011 D. Leclaire Claimed 158 Her brakes squealed and the car bumper bounced to a stop inches from his kneecaps. car-carrying adj. ΚΠ 1959 Times 10 June 9/7 The Boulogne–Lyons car-carrying trains. 2002 Mercury (Hobart) (Nexis) 18 Oct. 58 You need to move 36 pantechs (huge car-carrying trucks), a quarter of a billion dollars worth of equipment, [etc]. car chase n. ΚΠ 1922 N.Y. Times 11 May 9/1 (headline) Judge's wife steps on gas in car chase. 2006 H. O'Neill Lullabies for Little Criminals 172 I'd been planning on telling the kids in school that I'd been in a high-speed car chase and that the car had turned over. car conductor n. ΚΠ 1844 Ann. Rep. Board Canal Commissioners 56/2 (table) in Rep. Heads Dept. to Governor (Pennsylvania) Car Conductor. 1876 Scribner's Monthly Apr. 911/2 There were addresses..relating to the..car-conductor. 1982 D. M. Katzman & W. M. Tuttle Plain Folk iv. 17 A car conductor must never fail to be on time for the public. car construction n. ΚΠ 1856 Ann. Sci. Discov. 62 Mr. C. R. Disbrow, of Bath, New York, is the inventor of a very desirable improvement in car construction. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 4/2 The whole lines of car-construction are changing. 2004 V. Knowles From Telegrapher to Titan iv. 84 Van Horne also put his fertile mind to work in another area—car construction. On his frequent visits to the company's car shops he often passed on new ideas to the car builders. car coupling n. ΚΠ 1847 W. C. Bussey U.S. Patent 5,194 (caption) Car Coupling. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 466/1 Car-coupling, in Europe the connection is more intimate, the cars being coupled together so firmly as to prevent the jar as the cars collide or jerk apart in stopping or starting. 1921 Pop. Mech. Dec. 814/2 Automatic hose coupling is as desirable as automatic car coupling on railroads. 2005 H. R. Grant Railroad ii. 59 The dramatic breakthrough in the technology of car coupling occurred with the development of the ‘Janney’ or ‘knuckle’ coupler. car dealer n. ΚΠ 1888 Engineering 17 Aug. 162/2 Every railroad almost in the country is either increasing its motive power or making extensive repairs. The car dealers are as busy as heretofore. 1910 Scotsman 9 June 10/4 A prominent Edinburgh car dealer. 2012 M. C. Batt Sugarhouse 108 It would be like a car dealer having no cars, just the keys. car dealership n. ΚΠ 1924 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 12 Apr. 3/3 If selling a car was all there is to car dealership, no automobile store today would include any other equipment than a desk and some stationary. 1925 San Antonio (Texas) Light 4 Oct. v. 3/2 (heading) New S. A. car dealership. 2005 Sydney Morning Herald 10 Aug. (Money section) 2/2 Twelve years on, he can wander into a car dealership with his chequebook and drive away with a BMW. car-dependent adj. ΚΠ 1958 Pop. Mech. Feb. 170/2 A car-dependent society in which the husband needs a car to drive to work and the wife needs one to get to town. 2011 W. DeBuys Great Aridness vii. 174 Some analysts predicted the emergence of a new generation of suburban slums and the death of gas-guzzling, car-dependent, long-commute suburban lifestyles. car door n. ΚΠ 1838 New Yorker 24 Mar. 88/2 They scarcely perceived that the driver had pulled up the horse, till he came round and opened the car door. 1863 ‘G. Hamilton’ Gala-days 22 The heads of the two columns collide near the car-door. 1958 J. Barth End of Road xii. 218 Rennie bounded gracelessly ahead of me down the sidewalk, and opened the car door before I could do it for her. 1990 Weekly World News 4 Dec. 26/3 He complained they'd broken the lock on his car door! car drive n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > a ride in a vehicle > in a motor car car drive1871 car ride1902 motor-drive1906 1871 Shamrock 2 Sept. 740/2 There is a social charm connected with a car drive appreciated by all but the utterly selfish. 1924 A. Geikie Long Life's Work 220 We had long walks and still longer car-drives. 1994 Toronto Life Aug. 44/1 The rest of the time they live in a rambling Georgian house in Port Hope, situated an hour's car-drive east of Toronto. car driver n. ΚΠ 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Karre-drijver, a Carre-driver, or a Carter. 1845 A. M. Hall Whiteboy I. iv. 56 The car-driver managed to push his poor starveling to a canter. 1892 Charities Rev. Jan. 115 What relaxation or excitement can a car-driver or a sweat-shop tailor get except by drinking? 1938 Boys' Life July 21 There's a lot more to learning how to be a good car driver than just sitting behind the wheel! 2011 Daily Tel. 24 Jan. 10 (advt.) All car drivers in London should be aware that unauthorised Volvo DRIVe boot badges are being offered for sale. car-fare n. ΚΠ 1850 Scotsman 24 Aug. 3/1 The car fare from any one point of Dublin to another is only sixpence, for which three persons may ride. 1854 Boston Daily Atlas 18 Nov. 3 They can attend the ‘lectures on slavery’ this winter, returning home in a train on the Worcester road at the close of the lectures, at an expense to each gentleman of only $10,50 for lecture tickets and car fare during the entire course. 1900 Dial. Notes 2 16 A fish-scale..is the nickel with which a [Yale] student pays his car-fare. 1993 R. Shell iCED 106 I didn't even have enough for car-fare or lunch. car ferry n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > ferry > types of toni1582 horse-boat1591 bac1676 ferry bridge1696 rope-ferry1755 pont1776 ferry flat1805 steam-ferry1812 steam ferry-boat1812 night boat1839 bar-boat1857 train ferry-boat1867 car ferry1884 grind1889 swinging-bridge1892 train ferry1900 night ferry1948 SeaCat1954 walla-walla1957 1868 H. M. Flint Railroads of U.S. xv. 168 The Company has recently completed and launched a new car ferry boat.] 1884 H. Hall in Rep. U.S. Census of 1880 VIII. 221 Side-wheel car-ferry Transport..with three railroad tracks on deck. 1898 Strand Mag. Apr. 443/2 The..necessity for appeasing the ire of passengers, who were compelled in the old days to change from train to ferry-boat, and then to train again, is the real reason for the existence of the car ferry. 1955 ‘Lory’ Brit. Railways' Sands across Sea 264 A Car Ferry Terminal has been constructed at..Dover. 2003 I. Banks Raw Spirit (2004) i. 12 Even the pier's surface has disappeared once you go beyond the car ferry's ro-ro ramp. car heater n. ΚΠ 1868 Ann. Rep. Amer. Inst. 1867–8 710 Mr. Gibson also exhibited his patent car heater. 1939–40 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 266/1 Car heater..A robust and reliable heater. 1998 I. Welsh Filth 9 The car heater's warming up nicely. car hire n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > [noun] > by motor vehicle > car-hire car hire1816 1816 W. S. Mason Statist. Acct. Irel. II. xxxiv. 547 The prices of labour are from 10d. to 1s. 1d. per day; horse and car hire 2s 8 1/2s. per day. 1959 Listener 31 Dec. 1156/1 Even car-hire services possess a long ancestry. 2000 E. Hunt et al. South Pacific 71/2 About $30 per day will allow you to..have a pretty good time in Samoa (mid-range accommodation, car hire and some restauranting). car horn n. ΚΠ 1905 Cook County (Illinois) Herald 1 Sept. The car horn barked savagely at an impeding wagon. 2011 K. Higgins My One & Only 321 From the street below, a car horn honked. car horse n. [compare cart-horse n.] ΚΠ 1469 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 99 Item, v carre horses and ii keepers. 1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. ii. 11 The Sunnes Car-horses stand prancing on the very top of highest noone. 1800 M. Edgeworth Orphans in Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) V. 68 He had been used..to lead car-horses. 1888 H. H. Kane in H. Marks Bk. Dope Stories (2001) i. 28 The dirty streets, the tinking car-horse bell, the deafening ‘Here you Are! Twenty sweet oranges for a quarter!’ 1907 M. H. Norris Veil v. 38 A car-horse, sore-footed and generally weather-beaten..completed this part of his purchase. car house n. ΚΠ 1400 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 92 (MED) [The stable with the] carhous. 1806 Times 8 Sept. 1/3 A large convenient Farm-house..with double barns, stables, car-house, and other conveniences. 1888 New Eng. Mag. Oct. 560 A steam-dummy started from the car-house with a motor car and a large open car to convey them to the road. 1996 J. Doran Red Doran 56 There was only one car in the Isle which came out only on Sundays for going to Mass, while the rest of the week it was in the car house. car insurance n. ΚΠ 1909 North-China Herald 17 Apr. 133/2 To one of these matters by means of circulars you have had your attention drawn already—the subject of car insurance. 2011 M. O'Connell Sharp Time 71 I would receive enough social security to pay for utility bills and car insurance and groceries. car key n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > door or ignition key key1915 ignition key1933 car key1939 1939 Life 3 Apr. 3 (advt.) If you want to ‘go stepping’ in a big way this spring and summer—and for many a month to come—here's your ‘car-key’ to the city and the entire country! 1962 M. Kelly Due to Death vii. 123 I dropped the car key in the table drawer. 2010 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 2 Oct. 11 North Wales Police warned motorists not to leave their car keys downstairs when they go to bed at night. car lamp n. ΚΠ 1863 Ann. Rep. Amer. Inst. 1862–3 506 Mr Ambrose also presented his car lamp, which was burned without an inside chimney. 1920 Times 24 Nov. 13/7 Crossing the bridge, we were stopped by about five soldiers, and the man with the holster had to show our papers by the light of the car lamp. 1993 Independent 20 Jan. 5/8 Car lamps, probably for some ‘Euro’ reason are now car lights and all reference to hitch-hiking and thumbing a lift along the motorway have been expunged. carload n. ΚΠ 1567 in Trans. Shropshire Archæol. Soc. (1881) 5 7 Their one admytion of v markes & xxti carre loades of fyrewood out of the schole landes. 1642 N. Bernard Whole Proc. Siege Drogheda 43 A hundred of them under the shelter of some Carr loades of Furres. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 40 I do not see in my mind any retinue at their heels, any car-load of fashionable furniture. 1958 R. Godden Greengage Summer vi. 72 The car-loads and char-à-bancs of visitors. 2007 Hello! 17 July 74/3 On Wednesday, as she was driving through London in heavy rain, she was followed by ten carloads of cameramen. car manufacturer n. ΚΠ 1840 Atlas (Boston) 2 Sept. 1/2 He was arrested by Mr Allison, car manufacturer, on a contract to the amount of $4000. 1907 Scotsman 18 Feb. 10/2 This important part of the car's anatomy seems to receive less attention than it did from car manufacturers. 1918 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 33 148 Some car manufacturers ceased to engage in the prosaic business of manufacturing railway equipment. 2006 D. Edgerton Shock of Old (2008) iii. 69 Ford was at this time easily the largest car manufacturer in the world. car mechanic n. ΚΠ 1888 Pacific Bank Handbk. of Calif. 125/2 Sixteen crews of railroad men have their headquarters here. A large number of car mechanics are employed here. 1946 Flying Apr. 50/3 When I was in the garage business, a good car mechanic earned about $35 a week. 2011 R. Neuwirth Stealth of Nations 64 A car mechanic sat amid a sprawl of oily parts, wiping a spark plug on a dirty piece of paper. car owner n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > [noun] > by motor vehicle > privately owned > one who owns a car car owner1903 1782 Parker's Gen. Advertiser 23 Oct. This great metropolis is abandoned to..car owners, master porters, and carmen. 1849 Jurist 12 ii. 508 Arthur Kerr, West Derby, near Liverpool, car owner: in the Gaol of Lancaster. 1903 Motoring Ann. 91 Car-owners always consider it a privilege to have Miss Wilson on their front seat. 2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 Oct. d2/3 Car owners can generally opt to replace tires with a lower-end name brand or so-called off-label models, depending on the vehicle. car-owning adj. and n. ΚΠ 1893 Railroad Car Jrnl. Apr. 147/1 This information is already complete for many car owning companies. 1903 Motor 28 Jan. 483/1 Along came Captain Campbell, who, with his becoming modesty, thinks himself A Military Man of Moderate Means, and gave his own experiences in car-owning. 1904 Motor Age 14 Apr. 7/1 95 per cent of the A.M.L. members are automobile owners... This is a larger percentage of car-owning members than..some of the clubs have. 1925 A. Huxley Along the Road i. 17 Car-owning may have the worst effect on the character. 1959 Daily Tel. 15 Oct. 12 The traffic problems of a car-owning democracy. 1983 Jrnl. Marketing 47 No. 3. 125 Manufacturers are..using direct mail and coupons to invite women to dealerships for test drives, and presenting seminars on car owning. 1995 Sci. & Public Affairs Winter 24/1 Women in car-owning households make nearly twice as many bus trips as men. car ownership n. ΚΠ 1895 Railroad Gaz. 7 June 861/3 A car ownership of 297,841 cars. 1953 Changing Times July 13/1 Most people like to fool themselves about the actual costs of car ownership. 2006 A. Steffen et al. Worldchanging (2008) 270/1 Because most of us value car ownership, the services that carsharing provide have to outweigh the inconvenience of not having a car. car rental n. ΚΠ 1865 Rep. Railway Postal Service Commissioners (Canada) App. 1. 96 This additional 15 per cent..is in fact as much the earning of the Railway car space, hired by the Express, as the first 10 per cent estimated as paid for the actual car rental. 1946 N.Y. Times 3 Aug. (Sports section) 11/8 (advt.) Car rental service. Drive it yourself. 2006 R. Braidotti Transpositions 51 Workers in these centre answer queries on a wide range of subjects ranging from car rentals..to plane tickets. car ride n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > a ride in a vehicle > in a motor car car drive1871 car ride1902 motor-drive1906 1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel iii. 25 Now I have a long car-ride before me, and it's growing late. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 7 Jan. ix. 4/5 On the car ride down to..the West Village, the model..got a text message from her brother. ΚΠ 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. xii. 310 And clench'd the car-rings endlong and aside. car salesman n. ΚΠ 1908 Rudder Dec. 317/2 The so-called Automobile Clubs are nothing but exchanges or marts, the membership being principally made up of auto-mobile makers, car salesmen and gentleman touts. 2007 N. Rosen How to live Off-grid iv. 141 He is a vehicle broker, or, to put it bluntly, a car salesman. car shed n. ΚΠ 1837 Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian 18 Mar. (advt.) The stabling for twenty horses, lock-up coach-house, and open car shed, with sleeping apartments over. 1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel v. 36 The ancient-looking brick car-shed under which the trains of two main lines ran. 2002 T. Kooser Local Wonders (2004) 8 Within a few years after the introduction of the automobile, car sheds were being built as attachments to houses. car shop n. ΚΠ 1836 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 31 Dec. 819/1 Stock in hand, in car shop. 1881 Chicago Times 14 May The employés of the Grand Trunk car shops are on strike. 1995 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Disp. (Nexis) 5 Feb. (Business section) 1c The Union Pacific Railroad will move 192 jobs to its car shop in De Soto. car showroom n. ΚΠ 1911 Manch. Guardian 14 July 3/ 6 (advt.) Armstrong Whitworth have opened car showrooms at 114, Deansgate, Manchester. An inspection of models here is cordially invited. 2008 F. Cottrell Boyce Cosmic 32 It was my first time in a car showroom. I'd never seen a car on a carpet before. car spring n. ΚΠ 1864 Ann. Rep. Amer. Inst. 1863–4 495 This is demonstrated every day on our railroad cars by the vulcanized India rubber car spring. 1917 Horseless Age 1 Jan. 44/1 The Velvet absorbers have twin spiral springs in each casing, there being a casing and the necessary attachments on each side of the car spring. car starter n. ΚΠ 1858 Roxbury (Mass.) Directory 142 Pratt Charles C. car starter, house 4 Webster. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 484/1 Car-starter (Railway), a device to assist in starting a street-car from the dead-stop. 1876 Scribner's Monthly Apr. 911/2 The stockholders and directors, the ‘car-starters’ and ‘spotters’,..were all embalmed in verse. 1930 Pop. Mech. Oct. 615 Car starter, lights and horn operated by one button. 2011 Tulsa (Oklahoma) World (Nexis) 16 May (advt.) Automatic car starters are a good feature because they could save you critical time in a bad situation. car sticker n. ΚΠ 1919 Telephony 2 Aug. 18/3 It also gave him the necessary information for preparing car stickers and marking the cars. 2010 J. O'Connor Without Warning v. 107 They were working on a system through the roadblocks, with car stickers to identify locals. car tax n. ΚΠ 1856 F. Wood in X. D. MacLeod Biogr. Hon. Fernando Wood xii. 181 I make the same recommendation as to a car-tax, and the cleaning and repairs of the avenues and streets through which they pass, as made with reference to the city railroads. 1936 Times 10 June 13/7 You spend probably twice as much a year on petrol as on car tax. 2004 New Yorker 28 June 74/3 State officials raised the annual registration fee, or car tax, that California motorists pay on their vehicles. car thief n. ΚΠ 1856 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Citizen & News 26 Dec. A gang of car thieves has been detected at Elmira, N. Y., and a portion of them arrested. 1935 R. T. Hopkins Life & Death at Old Bailey x. 269 When the car thief knocks off a drag (car) from some West End car park. 2001 G. Joseph Homegrown xxxiv. 466 It was obviously where the local joy-riders and car thieves destroyed and stripped their cars. car track n. ΚΠ 1812 W. S. Dickson Narr. Confinem. & Exile 324 The other two went on, one on each side of the car track, along which I rode. 1875 Field & Forest 1 36 One can hardly fail to notice the thrifty young trees..as they line each side of the car track. 1943 B. Smith Tree grows in Brooklyn xiii. 100 A couple of boys would put a tin can on the car track..and watch..as the trolley wheels flattened the can. 1999 Daily Mail Ski & Snowboard Dec. 8/1 A shrine for Marilyn Monroe, on a car-track above the Elvis shrine. car transporter n. ΚΠ 1920 W. W. Ewing Constr. Materials & Machinery in Argentina & Bolivia 56 There are..5 car transporters communicating with the sorting yard. 2002 J. Michalak Boatbuilding for Beginners (2004) 129/2 The second warning involves turbulence near large trucks. Car transporters seem the worst. car washer n. ΚΠ 1869 Public Documents Mass. 1868 4 36. 293 19 roadmen, 3 strikers, 8 switchmen, 2 jobbers, 1 car washer. 1884 Western Daily Press 2 Apr. 5/7 A car-washer in the employ of the Great Western Railway. 2008 Big Issue Christmas 37/3 On a good day a group of car washers say they can earn a dollar. car wheel n. ΚΠ 1618 T. Adams Happines of Church i. 295 Tell a rusticke or mechanicke..that a little starre is larger than his car-wheele; and he derides thy boldnesse. 1887 C. B. George 40 Years on Rail iv. 67 The engineer was..Richard Norton Allen, the inventor of the famous paper car-wheel called by his name. 1939 Life 11 Sept. 35 Railroad rail suffers little strain when the car wheel runs straight..but the rail takes a beating when the wheel tilts for a curve. 2004 Amer. Motorcyclist Mar. 92 On the single-sided design, the rear wheel mounts on studs, like a car wheel, so it has to be pulled off directly to the side. car window n. ΚΠ 1839 C. A. Wean Winter in Pine Woods ii. 31 As we noted from the car window, the stumps of great trees and logs half consumed by fire..I could not help thinking that these men were fit emblembs [sic] of the desolation they work. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West ii. 53 From a car window one may note a curious though very gradual..change in soil and climate. 1903 R. Kipling Five Nations 115 Where the white car-windows shine. 1997 A. Roy God of Small Things (1998) ii. 61 A leper with soiled bandages begged at the car window. car windscreen n. ΚΠ 1926 Manch. Guardian 8 Sept. 4/3 The car windscreen, mudguard, and offside wheel were smashed and a tyre burst. 2011 C. Hodge Road Kill vii. 110 When the head of a pedestrian hits a car windscreen, it's safe to assume that considerable force is involved. car windshield n. chiefly North American ΚΠ 1922 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 14 Aug. 9/5 (advt.) Anti-rain fluid for car windshields. 2004 R. Meacham Let's Do 47 His car windshield is sprayed with mud. C2. Instrumental. car-borne adj. ΚΠ 1762 J. Macpherson Death of Cuchullin in Fingal 143 Sing on, O Bragela, daughter of Car-borne Songlan! 1811 R. Heber tr. Pindar in Q. Rev. May 451 Car-borne Pisa's royal maid. 1956 Times 22 Mar. 12/6 They are taking the steam out of trains now. Only some of to-day's car-borne generation can have had the joy of travelling on one of those great rhythmic beasts. 1998 Grocer 30 May 18/2 I doubt too many car-borne shoppers will abandon their Friday night habit of a drive to the superstore in favour of the neighbourhood shop. C3. car accident n. a crash or collision involving one or more cars (now usually motor cars). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > collision or accident car accident1834 street accident1835 accident1836 smash-up1856 car crash1877 car wreck1877 motor accident1910 wreck1912 crash1917 rollover1955 prang1959 shunt1959 1834 Derby Mercury 5 Nov. 3/5 Car accident. 1872 San Francisco Chron. 29 Nov. 3/4 Car accident... Two men came out of the car, and, in their hurry to get off pushed the boy from the platform. 1920 C. Sidgwick & C. Garstin Black Knight 204 An' to think I only rambled up here to see could you give me any details of the car accident! 1966 P. Theroux Sinning with Annie (1972) 107 The car accidents were very strange, freak accidents... One man skidded on a perfectly dry road. 2010 Cape Argus (Nexis) 26 June (Personal Finance section) 2 If you are involved in a car accident where you are at fault, you may be liable for the damage to the other driver's car. carbarn n. North American a large garage for tramcars, railway carriages, etc. ΚΠ 1875 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 7 Oct. 8/1 At the West Side car barns the horses, owing to the inferior accommodations, are in a far worse condition. 1925 Amer. Mercury Oct. 247/2 The daily life and ambitions of a lowly Morningside Heights family, the head of which is a car-barn employee. 1994 Etc. 9 News (Toronto) 6 Nov. (Suppl.) p. iii (advt.) Connaught Avenue residents reported in a recent media article their frustration with years of heavy traffic and noise from carbarns on Queen St. E. car battery n. †(a) Military a two-wheeled carriage used to carry ammunition and gunners (obsolete. rare); (b) a battery used in a car; (in later use chiefly) spec. a lead-acid battery supplying electrical energy for a motor vehicle's ignition system, starter motor, lights, and other electrical components. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > vehicles for transport of supplies collectively > two-wheeled cart tumbril1639 car battery1876 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > vehicles for transport of supplies collectively > ammunition cart or wagon ammunition wagon1648 caisson1704 powder cart1795 car battery1876 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) at Wurst Car Battery—A kind of carriage used by the French, in 1791, with the view of improving the mobility of field batteries. 1886 T. A. Edison in N. Amer. Rev. Mar. 287 The current from the car battery and the roof of the car is of such a nature that the wave of electricity..lasts only about one 500,000th of a second. 1934 Discovery Nov. 324/2 A hand starter is provided on the engine, or it may be started from a car battery. 1978 G. C. Hill & J. S. Holman Chem. in Context xiii. 196 Virtually all car batteries are composed of either three or six lead-acid cells. 1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 9 Jan. 12 In California, EV-1 drivers can only recharge their car batteries at home or at one of 150 sites in the State. 2007 C. Stross Halting State (2008) 313 Jack jerks in his chair like you've brought out a car battery and clamped the shockers to his wedding tackle. car bonnet n. = bonnet n. 12i; cf. car hood n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > front part > bonnet car hood1883 bonnet1902 car bonnet1904 hood1929 1904 N.Y. Times 13 July 8/3 His car bonnet, radiator, and fan gear were torn away while passing a preceding vehicle. 1982 S. Molian Mechanism Design ii. 21 Consider the design of a linkage to enable a car bonnet to be lifted. 2012 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 3 Mar. (Drive section) 5 Pedestrians often suffer severe injuries when their head strikes either the engine or suspension mounts that sit just beneath the car bonnet. car-bound adj. riding in or confined to a car; (later also) dependent upon a car. ΚΠ 1825 London Mag. Jan. 23 The thousand car-bound cherubim, The wandering Eleven. 1877 Catholic World June 290 In Rome's old triumphs thus the car-bound slave Scoffed, as he passed, of Fortune's spite, and Fate's. 1997 S. Prickett in H. Thomas Dance in City xi. 198 The local fitness club offers an antidote to the sedentary and car-bound lifestyle in which I find myself. 2004 R. Kunzmann Bloody Harvests (2005) xviii. 96 Harry watches a flower vendor entertain tired car-bound commuters by whistling an enthusiastic tune. car camping n. a type of camping involving driving to a campsite (rather than, for example, hiking to a site), enabling the camper to bring equipment and provisions which would be too bulky or heavy to carry. ΚΠ 1925 Youth's Compan. 25 June 437/2 There is no place in a car-camping outfit for that time-honored article the dish pan; it is too big. 1972 Field & Stream Oct. 135/1 The rigid plastic jug in..5-gallon size is good for car camping. 2011 D. Haynes Motorcycling Alabama iii. 18 Backpacking gear is also lighter weight than gear intended for car camping. car carrier n. (a) a person or company hired to convey goods by car (now rare); (b) a lorry, ship, or other vehicle used to transport cars (now usually motor cars). ΚΠ 1888 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 10 Jan. 6/3 (headline) Ten car carriers sent to jail. 1916 Times of India 25 Aug. 9/3 A firm of commercial car carriers was summoned..for keeping petrol on its premises. 1945 Barron's National Business & Financial Weekly 19 Mar. 20/3 Pennsylvania law gives the double-decker car-carriers the right to operate only until the end of the current year. 2011 J. Konrad & T. Shroder Fire on Horizon 4 Car carriers with their tall boxlike hulls and internal maze of ramps capable of holding thousands of vehicles. car charger n. (a) U.S. a railway employee, perhaps one with responsibility for loading goods carriages or wagons (rare); (b) a charger (esp. for a portable electronic device) designed to be plugged into a motor vehicle’s electrical system so as to draw power from the vehicle's battery. ΚΠ 1911 Ann. Rep. Dept. Bureaus 1909 II. (N.Y. State Dept. Labor) 481/1 Carmen... Car chargers... Inspectors [etc.]. 1990 Times 3 Aug. 27/9 (advt.) Range Rover Vogue EFi... Immac body work, low mileage.., NEC P3 portable telephone with car charger also available. 2006 R. Chandrasekaran Imperial Life in Emerald City (2007) iii. 55 He had a car charger for his satellite phone so he could make calls when he was driving around the city. ΚΠ c1320Carcloutis [see sense 1a]. car club n. (a) a club for car owners or enthusiasts; (b) British an organization that owns or manages a fleet of vehicles (typically parked in designated urban or residential locations) which members may rent, often on an hourly basis. ΚΠ 1919 Automotive Industries 30 Oct. 888/2 (heading) British car club defines light car. 1997 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 6 Apr. 4 Residents..are to be offered the chance to join a ‘car club’, which gives its members 24-hour-a-day access to a fleet of shared cars. 2007 N. Mort Classic Cars 27 Many classic car enthusiasts belong to car clubs. 2008 Daily Tel. 29 May 4/4 Thousands of drivers are joining car clubs, which allow people to hire vehicles by the hour, because of the rising cost of motoring. car coat n. a short, square-cut style of coat designed to be worn when driving a car. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > for specific purpose > other dust-coat1702 hunting-coat1789 pinkc1791 reading-coat1830 wedding-coat1838 zephyr1843 lab coat1895 tea-coat1899 stroller1901 bridge coat1905 sport coat1917 sportster1929 laboratory coatc1936 car coat1956 1956 Life 8 Oct. 156 (advt.) Fur–collar car coat. 1965 Guardian 31 Mar. 16/3 The now ubiquitous car-coat..is usually made from a cotton suedette or brushed nylon shell fabric and lined with an acrylic pile liner. 2006 Esquire Sept. 91/2 The classic car coat is cut just below the backside for your driving pleasure. car culture n. (usually with negative connotations) a society or way of life characterized by excessive use of or reliance on motor vehicles. ΚΠ 1957 Port Angeles (Washington) Evening News 24 Apr. 7/4 If a Californian wants a snack, he jumps into his car... To German eyes, such a car culture is a bit unreal. 1995 Independent 15 May 3/6 The occupation of Camden High Street is part of a wider campaign against the car culture. 2012 J. Shrand & L. Devine Manage your Stress vii. 118 What we have seen in the last half century has been an increase in sedentary behavior, especially in car cultures. car crime n. a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp. a theft of or from a car; (also) crimes of this type considered collectively; cf. autocrime n. at auto n.5 Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1936 Times of India 13 Mar. 16/7 Car crimes even more undesirable than ‘smash and grab’ raids are hold-ups in the style of Dick Turpin. 1971 Irish Times 30 Sept. 6/7 (headline) Increase in London car crimes. 2008 E. Forbes Our Lady of Pain ii. 22 Car crime, petty burglaries and the odd drug-related mugging were the usual fare in this sort of district. car-free adj. not having or involving the use of a car; (of a city, street, etc.) free from cars. ΚΠ 1938 Delta Star (Greenville, Mississippi) 22 Mar. 4/1 Spring and summer are open seasons for the carefree and car-free traveller. 1967 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 13 Sept. 7 a/2 (advt.) He'll be glad to help you plan a care-free, car-free vacation trip you'll really enjoy! 1986 Guardian 23 Dec. 6/4 Venice, the world's most famous car-free city. 2012 H.-C. Chen in A. Madanipour Whose Public Space? iv. 78 A pedestrianized street can be well lit and is car-free. ΚΠ 1808 R. Anderson et al. Ballads in Cumberland Dial. (new ed.) 43 The car-geer at Durdar she wan. car hood n. now chiefly North American a canopy or other protective cover on a car; (later chiefly) spec. = hood n.1 5p; cf. car bonnet n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > front part > bonnet car hood1883 bonnet1902 car bonnet1904 hood1929 1883 Canad. Patent Office Rec. Apr. 112/1 The combination of a car hood, a lamp mounted centrally therein, and an inclined reflector. 1921 Berks County Law Jrnl. 14 74 The car hood was dished in on the top of the hood, and the rim of the radiator was bent. 2011 S. Pressfield Profession v. 62 If the thieves can get at the engine, they'll winch that out too, though every car hood in Cairo is double padlocked. car line n. chiefly North American the line or route along which a railway car or streetcar travels; (also) a company that operates this service. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway railway1681 railroad1824 rail line1825 road1825 car line1833 chemin de fer1835 line1861 pike1940 1833 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 31 Aug. 548/2 Proceeded to Newcastle; reached Frenchtown, in the car line, in less than an hour. 1894 P. L. Ford Hon. Peter Stirling lvi. 365 All the car lines took off their cars. Trucks disappeared from the streets. 1940 R. Wright Native Son ii. 127 He walked toward the car line; when he looked back he saw her still standing in the snow. 2006 W. Burg Sacramento's Streetcars iv. 49 Car lines ran..along the Y Street levee and Thirty-first Street. carloading n. U.S. the amount of freight carried in goods trains within a given period; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > conveyance by rail or train > quantity or number carried by train trainload1819 traffic1832 trainful1850 carloading1947 1947 Life 4 Aug. 75 Your railroads are moving an almost unbelievable amount of freight across the nation. In the first four months of this year they topped even their wartime carloading records! 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 210 A carloading of homogenized words. 1963 Economist 21 Dec. 1292/2 Railway shares have benefited especially from such things as consistent increases in carloadings. 1990 Railroad Model Craftsman July 72/1 Railroad intermodal traffic has grown from virtually nothing to the point where it is second only to coal in terms of carloading. car maker n. a manufacturer of cars, now esp. motor cars. ΚΠ 1734 True State Eng. 46 Cutler, Mr. John Justice. Glover, Mr. Philip Nichols. Car-Maker, Mr. Edward Salloway. 1895 Ann. Rep. (New Hampshire Railroad Commissioners) 80 Liman W. Sargent, conductor; Thomas J. Kirkley, rear brakeman, and Otis Young, car maker, all of Concord. 1904 Manch. Guardian 31 Dec. 50/2 The real reason why motor-car makers pooh-pooh the solid tyre is that they will not suspend the body on the right springs. If you tell the car maker this, he retorts that he does not want his customers to swing about like a baby in its cradle. 2011 Daily Tel. 25 Feb. (Business section) b2/6 Japanese car maker Toyota is recalling 2.17m Toyota and Lexus cars in the US because of concern that carpet and floormat flaws may impede drivers' use of the pedals. car park n. Chiefly British an open space or building for the parking of motor vehicles. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > a parking place > a car-park park1916 motor park1925 car park1926 parkade1937 1926 Daily Mail 1 Dec. 9/6 Glastonbury Car Park. Indignation has been aroused..by a proposal..to purchase part of the land..as an extra parking space for motor cars. 1955 Times 9 May 18/2 A large construction programme [in Canada] of multi-deck car parks with direct access to the stores. 1955 Times 25 Aug. 8/6 The car park attendant. 2009 Daily Tel. 18 Sept. 25/4 Coming home from work early one day, I was amazed to find a 14-year-old boy driving a BMW around the car park at the front of my house. car parking n. the parking of motor vehicles; space reserved or used for this; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > a parking place car parking1915 parking space1916 parking place1922 parking area1925 stall1940 slot1944 parking bay1957 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > driving or operating a motor vehicle > parking double-banking1903 car parking1915 parking1916 double-parking1931 overparking1938 parallel parking1962 1915 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-News 16 June 1/6 (headline) Merchants want council to amend car parking ordinance. 1960 Daily Tel. 31 Mar. 15/1 What promises to be the most important experiment in traffic control starts next Monday, when car parking over the whole of Mayfair becomes subject to meters. 1998 P. Chapman 1999 Good Curry Guide 203 The centre has ample 24hr-security-guarded car parking facilities. 2004 Hot Prop. 6 Aug. 49/4 (advt.) Warehouse features, including ceiling beam & double loading bay doors, secure underground car parking. car phone n. a portable telephone, esp. one using a cellular radio system, designed for use in a car. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone > types of microtelephone1879 field telephone1880 telephone extension1881 pay telephone1886 home telephone1893 substation1897 extension1906 railophone1911 dial phone1917 payphone1919 dial telephone1921 autophone1922 mobile telephone1930 viewphone1932 videophone1944 mobile phone1945 car phone1946 video telephone1947 speaker-phone1955 picture telephone1956 princess phone1959 touchtone telephone1961 touch-tone1962 touchtone phone1963 picture phone1964 Trimphone1965 princess telephone1966 vision-telephone1966 visiophone1971 princess1973 warbler1973 landline1977 cardphone1978 feature phone1979 smartphone1980 mobile1982 cell phone1983 Vodafone1984 cellular1985 mobile device1989 brick1990 satphone1991 celly1992 burner phone1996 keitai1998 burner2002 1946 Pop. Mech. June 108 Brainard tells you that the car phone is hooked up by short-wave radio to his telephone at home. 1965 Newsweek 12 July 63/1 There is a pocket of mobile phone owners in New York..but the fad hasn't yet caught on in other cities, where car phones are generally for professional purposes. 1986 Sunday Tel. 15 June 8/1 It must have been caused by a police mobile transmitter or someone using a car phone nearby. 2002 Mandala Mar. 72/1 Just a few streets away, she answered her car phone. ‘We have to pull over,’ she said. car plant n. †(a) cars regarded as the equipment of a business or enterprise (obsolete. rare); (b) a car factory. ΚΠ 1884 Amer. Settler 11 Oct. 14/2 The car service across the bridge is a proper subject of revenue. Austin Corbin offers to take the present car plant and pay the cities $250,000. 1901 N.Y. Times 14 Nov. 7/4 The car plant at Johnstown will be able to turn out twenty cars a day. 2009 C. Harman Zombie Capitalism (2010) 117 The efforts of rival car producers to outsell each other bring the concrete forms of labour in different car plants into an unplanned inter-relationship. carport n. originally U.S. a roofed, open-sided or open-fronted shelter for a car, usually adjoining or attached to a house. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > [noun] > building for storage of motor vehicles garage1902 lock-up garage1902 lock-up1905 carport1939 tandem garage1968 1939 Life 8 May 17/1 At the left is the ‘carport’ which opens on main entrance of building. 1963 Sunday Times 21 Apr. 45/6 Terrace houses overlooking Torbay which incorporate tiled carports under the houses. 2006 Saltscapes (Canada) Mar. 64/3 By extending timberframing to the front entrance, the carport,..and the front side gables, the timbered look was extended to three sides of the building. car radio n. a radio or radio transceiver set in the dashboard of a motor vehicle and powered by the vehicle's battery. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > radio broadcasting > [noun] > radio set portable1900 wireless set1907 wireless1909 crystal receiver1910 radio1912 radio set1912 box1916 crystal set1921 crystal radio1922 receiver1930 car radio1931 clock radio1946 transistor set1953 transistor radio1956 steam radio1957 transistor1961 tranny1969 Casseiver1976 1930 Radio News (N.Y.) Aug. 139/1 The American Bosch Magneto Corporation..have introduced the Bosch motor car radio receiver.] 1931 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 22 Feb. i. 17/2 (advt.) Enjoy your motoring more by installing in your car the new Philco car radio $65. 1969 S. Greenlee Spook who sat by Door xiii. 113 Cops spoke busily into their car radios and handy-talkies. 2002 C. Hiaasen Basket Case ii. 22 One of his songs came on the car radio, he'd turn it off right away... Just changed the channel. car seat n. (a) a seat in a car (now usually a motor car); (b) a portable seat for an infant or young child, designed to be secured to a passenger seat in a car. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat seat1810 car seat1850 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > of specific type or position driver's seata1726 side seat1742 driving seat1788 back seata1832 aisle seat1838 car seat1850 reclining seat1857 window seat1862 passenger seat1867 seat-board1873 garden seat1884 bucket-seat1908 shotgun1940 Sleeperette1950 sleeper seat1960 1850 P. G. Washington & C. M. Willard U.S. Postal Guide 42/1 Improvement in Car-seat Backs. 1908 Indiana (Pa.) Democrat 23 Dec. Such little woodwork as enters into the make-up of the coach, the plush with which the car seats are covered..is treated to a fireproofing process. 1926 I. Mackay Blencarrow xiii. 116 ‘Have a pew?’ he offered, making himself as small as possible on the red plush car seat. 1957 Washington Post & Times Herald 1 Aug. b5/2 (advt.) Baby car seat... Sturdy canvas body. 2000 Big Issue 4 Sept. 4/1 A mobile phone left on a car seat in London will be stolen within two hours or less. 2011 R. Lupton Afterwards xxviii. 280 You carried our blanket-wrapped boy, asleep in his car seat, up the front door steps. car share n. originally U.S. = car-sharing n. (chiefly attributive); (also) an instance of this. ΚΠ 1942 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 13 Oct. 1/2 If a group of workers were using the car-share plan, they were eligible for gasoline rations for all of the machines used by the group. 1996 Irish Times (Nexis) 27 Sept. 20 Car share scheme to get trial on Irish roads... The scheme..operates by car owners joining an association, which then allows others to use their cars, at agreed times and rates. 2003 North Devon Jrnl. (Nexis) 7 Aug. 15 The action plan also calls for investment in a car share database for travellers making similar journeys. 2009 J. Dorfman Lazy Environmentalist on Budget 12 You can enjoy the freedom of being in the driver's seat while eliminating all the expense of owning—or leasing—and maintaining a car by joining a car-share service. car-sharing n. originally U.S. (a) an arrangement between people (esp. work colleagues) to make a regular journey in a single vehicle, typically with each person taking turns to drive the others (frequently attributive); cf. car pool n.; (b) any of various types of scheme in which a group of people share access to a vehicle (or pool of vehicles) which may be reserved for short periods of time (cf. car club n. (b)); frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1942 Bradford (Pa.) Era 17 Apr. 13/2 Form car-sharing pools with neighbors working in the same general area. 1975 Economist (Nexis) 11 Oct. 26 The fact that some 2,000 people have entered into car-sharing arrangements with each other he claims as a revolutionary success. 1990 D. Wann Biologic iv. 201 Several apartment complexes across the country have successful car-sharing programs. Participants sign up for ‘cartime’. 1998 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 11 Jan. xii. 8/2 Car-sharing works by having an organization buy, maintain, insure and operate vehicles. 2000 Adv. Driving (Inst. Adv. Motorists) Summer 15/2 If you have to commute by car, think about car sharing, Park and Ride schemes or public transport. 2012 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 Mar. b1 The car-sharing services allow you, in effect, to turn your personal car into a Zipcar and rent it out by the hour or the day. car stereo n. stereophonic equipment for use in a motor vehicle, typically powered by the vehicle's battery and having a (removable) console set in the dashboard. ΚΠ 1963 Billboard 9 Feb. 34/1 Muntz went into business with his car stereo tape playback unit.] 1964 Washington Post 19 Apr. c5/8 (advt.) Car stereo is here. 1966 ACS Automotive Chain Store Apr. 29/1 (advt.) The industry's best line of car-stereos. 1994 Foresight (Sun Alliance) Autumn 7/1 Don't leave valuables in your car and install a removable or security-coded car stereo. 2009 T. Pynchon Inherent Vice xiv. 249 Tito had Roza Eskenazi tapes playing over the car stereo. car trunk n. North American the luggage compartment of a motor car; = trunk n. 7b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > rear part > rear part arranged to carry luggage bulk1546 boot1781 well1783 car boot1908 rumble1908 car trunk1912 trunk1931 dicky1965 1912 N.Y. Times 18 Aug. vii. 2/3 The busy man of affairs off to ‘do’ the Adirondacks by motor is content with such fresh linen as may be crowded into the car trunk. 1965 Pop. Sci. Nov. 95 A roll-top lid on car trunks. 2011 J. Darnton Almost Family (2012) 105 He pulled into the driveway and ceremoniously opened the car trunk and lifted out a blanket. car tyre n. (also car tire) (a) a metal rim for the wheel of a carriage, tram, etc. (now rare); (b) a rubber tyre for the wheel of a motor car. ΚΠ 1844 N. Amer. & Daily Advertiser 27 Dec. (advt.) Locomotive and car tires—An assortment of best English Tires. 1910 Industr. Engin. & Engin. Digest Apr. 282/2 They also cut very hard materials, such as..brake-hardened railway and car tires, manganese steel castings, etc. 1912 Collier's 6 Jan. ii. 19/1 The consequent accumulated momentum of its weight, may impart a ‘hammer blow’ of several tons to the car tires. 2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane vi. 135 The clatter of a train passing along the tracks reverberated against the dank brick walls, drowning out the swish of car tyres cutting through shallow pools of water. car wash n. originally U.S. the action or process of washing a car; an establishment or service providing this, esp. a building or other structure having equipment for washing motor vehicles, now usually automatically. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing other specific things > [noun] > one who washes vehicles > place for washing vehicles washstand1909 car wash1915 1915 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 5 Dec. 20/5 Best car-wash in the city. 1948 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 122/2 Even harried motorists often stay beyond their own three minute car wash time to watch the spectacular blower-drier... made by Minit-Man Car Wash, of Detroit, Michigan. 1962 Guardian 9 Jan. 8/6 An automatic car-wash firm which advertises a five-minute service. 1986 ‘P. Dunant’ Intensive Care iii. 22 He did some shopping and called in at a carwash. 2006 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 23 July 57/1 We apologise for not being able to provide a courtesy car wash due to current water restrictions. car wreck n. (a) a wrecked car (now usually a motor car); (b) = car crash n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder feery-fary1535 puddle1587 bauchle1600 vertigo1702 whemmel1817 mull1821 mix-up1841 scrimmage1852 embroilment1856 hash-up1860 brangle1865 mucker1867 unplight1876 car wreck1877 mix1882 mess-up1902 stirabout1905 pot mess1914 boorach1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 box1941 Chinese fire drill1943 snafu1943 foul-up1944 screw-up1950 snarl-up1960 tiswas1960 bumble-bath1965 clusterfuck1969 headfuck1983 car crash1992 katogo1994 dumpster fire2008 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > collision or accident car accident1834 street accident1835 accident1836 smash-up1856 car crash1877 car wreck1877 motor accident1910 wreck1912 crash1917 rollover1955 prang1959 shunt1959 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > a bungle miscarriage1590 bungle1656 bumble1823 boggle1834 muff1867 car wreck1877 mismove1877 miscue1882 muddle1884 bobble1887 mess-up1902 floater1913 bollock1919 fluff1928 balls-up1929 muck-up1930 balls1938 snafu1943 foul-up1944 fuck-up1949 clusterfuck1969 car crash1992 dumpster fire2008 omnishambles2009 1877 Sunday School Jrnl. Sept. 223/1 A few days previous to his death on the terrible car-wreck at Ashtabula. 1929 Washington Post 8 July 1/3 (headline) Woman dies, four hurt in car wreck. 1961 Sunday Express 12 Feb. 9/2 He accuses them of..selling ‘written off’ car wrecks. 2007 J. R. Ellig & W. J. Morin Driving Career Highway 155 Employees who become romantically involved could be caught in a real car wreck. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). caradj.n.2 Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). Left, esp. in car-hand, car-handed; (also) left-handed. Sometimes with implication of awkwardness or wrongness (cf. sinister adj.). Also occasionally (e.g. in quot. c1440) as n.: †the left hand (obsolete).Recorded earliest in a surname. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adjective] > situated at the side > left winstereOE lefta1200 car1279 wrong?a1400 left hand1440 sinister1483 sinistral1534 left-hand side1581 nar1607 sinistrous1646 nigh1722 left-handed1757 larboard1781 leftward1791 sinistrine1792 left-sided1801 toward1866 1279 in W. Page Three Early Assize Rolls Northumberland (1891) 235 (MED) Thom. Kerhand. 1327 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1878) I. 70 Henrico dicto kerhand. c1440 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Thornton) l. 613 (MED) With a caste of þe care [c1475 Ireland the carhonde], in kautelle he strykes. a1500 Wisdom of Solomon (Cambr. Kk.1.5) in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 189 The visdome of the wisman is in his rycht hand and the foly of the ful in his kere hand. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xiv. 90 He resauit the vryting in his kar hand. 1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Hebdomas Vpon the ker and wrang side, was placed the thrid Idole, Frigga. 1600 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1884) 1st Ser. VI. 94 [They] mutilat him in the ker hand of tua fingeris. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 380 You'll go the Car Gate yet. 1743 Scots Mag. Nov. 524 It has a meikle maun blue pouch hingin' at the carr side o'd, fou o' mullens and chucky-stanes. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Car-hand, the left hand. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) If you meet a car-handit, i.e. a left-handed person, or one who has flat soles. 1895 ‘G. Setoun’ Sunshine & Haar v. 72 Pillan's compliments..is a' car-pawed. 1928 J. Carruthers Man Beset 101 He's aye glaikin' wi' weemen, but naebody can say he's ker-handit wi' a coo. 1988 W. A. D. Riach Galloway Gloss. Car, left-handed. 2005 M. Rodger Borth'ick Waitter (SCOTS) On yer ker haund, is ee gan doon the hill end yonner, is ae wheen auld treis up on the brae face. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). carv. Now rare. 1. transitive. To place or carry in a car; (also) to transport in to a marketplace, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > by wheeled vehicle > by cart or carriage > in specific type of coach1612 caroche1618 chariota1659 car1791 charioteer1862 pochay1870 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 119 Car'd on the foam your glimmering legion rides. 1889 13th Ann. Rep. Pennsylvania State Board Agric. 266 At least some of them were ‘Cherokee’ cattle, bought in Pittsburgh soon after they had been carred in from Chicago. 1917 New Country Life July 72/2 This concern..bought sixty-seven head of yearling shorthorn steers last June at the Chicago stock yards and had them carred in. 2. intransitive to go by car (in various senses). Also transitive with it (colloquial). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > ride in a wheeled vehicle > in specific type of horse-drawn vehicle wagon1606 caroche1620 chariot1628 coach1631 to chaise it1792 gig1807 hack1879 buckboard1904 car1907 stolkjaerre1932 1861 E. Forbes in Life xiv. 501 The ladies and I prepared to car it to Killarney. 1907 Daily Chron. 23 Sept. 4/4 You just get out of your train, walk or ‘car’ to your hotel. 1911 Life & Health May 309/2 If we lived in a large city, we would ‘car’ it to the outskirts, then get into the country, into the green fields. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see alsoalso refers to : carrcarn.2 also refers to : carrcarn.3 < n.1c1320adj.n.21279v.1791 see also |
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