motor lorry
11lorry — [lôr′ē] n. pl. lorries [prob. < dial. lurry, lorry, to tug, pull] 1. a low, flat wagon without sides 2. any of various trucks fitted to run on rails 3. Brit. a motor truck …
12lorry - truck — ◊ lorry In British English, a lorry is a large motor vehicle used for transporting goods by road. ◊ truck In American English, a vehicle like this is called a truck. In British English, small open lorries are sometimes called trucks. In British… …
13lorry — a truck; a long, flat wagon, 1838, British railroad word, probably from verb lurry to pull, tug (1570s), of uncertain origin. Meaning large motor vehicle for carrying goods is first attested 1911 …
14Lorry (horse-drawn) — Among horse drawn vehicles, a lorry was a low loading trolley. It was used mainly for the carriage of other vehicles, for example for delivery from the coachbuilders or returning there for repair.Its very small wheels were mounted under the deck… …
15motor — n 1. engine, internal combustion engine, gasoline engine, gas engine; aeromotor, air motor or engine; inboard outboard engine, outboard motor; power plant, power source, innards. 2. electric motor, dynamo, dynamotor, generator, turbine,… …
16lorry — [19] The first record we have of the word lorry is from the northwest of England in the early 1830s, when it denoted a ‘low wagon’ (it was often used for railway wagons). The modern application to a motor vehicle emerged at the beginning of the… …
17lorry — [ lɒri] noun (plural lorries) Brit. a large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops. Phrases fall off the back of a lorry informal (of goods) be acquired in dubious circumstances. Origin C19: perh. from the given name Laurie …
18lorry — [19] The first record we have of the word lorry is from the northwest of England in the early 1830s, when it denoted a ‘low wagon’ (it was often used for railway wagons). The modern application to a motor vehicle emerged at the beginning of the… …
19lorry — /lawr ee, lor ee/, n., pl. lorries. 1. Chiefly Brit. a motor truck, esp. a large one. 2. any of various conveyances running on rails, as for transporting material in a mine or factory. 3. a long, low, horse drawn wagon without sides. [1830 40;… …
20lorry — noun /ˈlɒri/ A motor vehicle for transporting goods. Syn: rig, tractor trailer, truck …
