pedrail
/ˈpɛdreɪl/noun
A type of tractor or traction engine designed for passing over obstacles and rough terrain.
- The wheels have circular rims bearing hinged, spring-loaded pads or feet at the end of the spokes; these feet successively make contact with the ground as the wheel turns. On each spoke there is also a roller adjacent to the foot, which bears against a cam inside the periphery of the wheel..
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The Daily Chronicle. From classical Latin ped- + rail.
- rackle-tongued
- rack lever
- rack-master
- rack-mount
- rack-mountable
- rack-mounted
- rack mounting
- rack of bones
- rack (or wrack) one's brains (or brain)
- rack-out
- rack pillar
- rack pin
- rack pole
- rack punch
- rack rail
- rack railway
- rack rate
- rack rent
- rack-rental
- rack-renter
- rack rod
- rack saw
- rack side
- rack something up
- rack spring