yardhorse

词形变化

yardhorses 复数 yardhorses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A heavy-duty tractor designed for moving shipping containers on chassis around a shipping terminal.

词源

From yard + horse. The name is figurative, calling a tractor a horse (compare iron horse for locomotive); the name as a solid compound seems not to be attested in an earlier sense referring to a draft horse working in a yard such as a barnyard, lumberyard, or coalyard, although as an open compound or sum of parts, yard horse would be unsurprising there.

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