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crawlerway

crawlerway noun: a roadway for the use of crawlers (tracked vehicles).

Noun

crawlerway (plural crawlerways)

  1. A roadway for the use of crawlers (tracked vehicles).
    • An interesting assignment that I have had within the past years and that I believe can be directly related to the in-situ measurement of soils is the instrumentation of the foundation of the crawlerways at the Kennedy Space Center.1970, American Society of Civil Engineers. Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. Dept. of Materials Engineering, Observational methods in soil and rock...
    • Inch by inch, the powerful Crawler-Transporter carries the mobile launcher and the Saturn V down the crawlerway, pulverizing stones under its heavy burden.2020, John Rocco, How We Got to the Moon, page 196

Forms of crawlerway

pluralcrawlerways

Origin of crawlerway

From crawler + way.

Questions about crawlerway

What does crawlerway mean?
Crawlerway means a roadway for the use of crawlers (tracked vehicles).
What part of speech is crawlerway?
Crawlerway is a noun.
What is the plural of crawlerway?
The plural of crawlerway is crawlerways.

Words near crawlerway in the dictionary

  1. crawlerize
  2. crawlerized
  3. crawlerizes
  4. crawlerizing
  5. crawlers
  6. crawlerway
  7. crawlerways
  8. Crawley
  9. Crawley Down
  10. crawlfish
  11. crawlier

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