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bobbin tank

bobbin tank noun: a road-laying armoured tracked fighting vehicle that carries a spool of fabric to be used as a road surface over loose ground that tanks have difficulty crossing.

bobbin tank: a road-laying armoured tracked fighting vehicle that carries a spool of fabric to be used as a road...
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Noun

bobbin tank (plural bobbin tanks)

  1. A road-laying armoured tracked fighting vehicle that carries a spool of fabric to be used as a road surface over loose ground that tanks have difficulty crossing.

Forms of bobbin tank

pluralbobbin tanks

Origin of bobbin tank

From bobbin + tank, from the bobbin-like appearance of the spool of road surface material attached to the tank.

Questions about bobbin tank

What does bobbin tank mean?
Bobbin tank means a road-laying armoured tracked fighting vehicle that carries a spool of fabric to be used as a road surface over loose ground that tanks have difficulty crossing.
What part of speech is bobbin tank?
Bobbin tank is a noun.
What is the plural of bobbin tank?
The plural of bobbin tank is bobbin tanks.

Words near bobbin tank in the dictionary

  1. Bobbili
  2. Bobbilis
  3. bobbin
  4. bobbin lace
  5. bobbin laces
  6. bobbin tank
  7. bobbin tanks
  8. bobbiner
  9. bobbiners
  10. bobbinet
  11. bobbinets

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