semi-tractor

See also: semitractor

English

Alternative forms

• semi tractor

Noun

semi-tractor (plural semi-tractors)

1. The tractor component of a semi-trailer truck or articulated lorry.
   • 1999, Chester Peterson, Rod Beemer, Inside John Deere: A Factory History, page 93:

     The fleet has 48 semi-tractors and 164 trailers that transport 110,000 tons of parts and supplies annually over 1 million miles of roads.

   • 2003, Michael E. Gray, Auto Upkeep: Basic Car Care, page 56:

     Some people think diesel fuel is only used in semi-tractors (Figure 9.3) or heavy equipment.

   • 2008, Raymond P. Siljander, Introduction to Business and Industrial Security and Loss Control, 2nd edition, page 75:

     Security seal use applies when carrying merchandise in semi-truck trailers (highway trailers) pulled by semi-tractors and when railroad flatcars carry the trailers, the latter referred to as piggyback (piggybacking).

See also

• rig
• long hauler
• monster truck

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