motor pool

English

Noun

motor pool (plural motor pools)

1. (US, military) A fleet of vehicles for use by a military installation; the department that maintains them
   • 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V., J. B. Lippincott & Co., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 31:

     A sound truck joined the vehicles on the dock, whose number was growing almost to a full-sized motor pool.

   • 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Avery Johnson (David Scully), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Crow's Nest:

     Head through the Motor Pool to get to the Ops Center.