nutting truck
US/ˈnʌtɪŋ ˌtɹʌk/
nutting truck noun: a flat cart with four wheels, one in the center or corner of each side, upon which trays of mail may be stacked for transport.
Noun
nutting truck (plural nutting trucks)
- A flat cart with four wheels, one in the center or corner of each side, upon which trays of mail may be stacked for transport.
- The slip read: "I asked Charles Hall to push a nutting truck from the dumping table area to the paper case area."1973, in a Government Employee Relations Report (in the issues 484-509; page 1-461), page 49
- When I tried to show him how thin the pieces were and that I had made good progress, he just picked up his clip board and motioned for me to get a big nutting truck and to follow him.2006, Ken Culbreth, The Railway Mail Clerk and the Highway Post Office, →ISBN, page 123
Forms of nutting truck
| plural | nutting trucks |
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Origin of nutting truck
So named because they were originally manufactured by the Nutting Truck Company, founded by Elijah Nutting.
Questions about nutting truck
- What does nutting truck mean?
- Nutting truck means a flat cart with four wheels, one in the center or corner of each side, upon which trays of mail may be stacked for transport.
- What part of speech is nutting truck?
- Nutting truck is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nutting truck?
- Nutting truck is pronounced /ˈnʌtɪŋ ˌtɹʌk/ (US).
- What is the plural of nutting truck?
- The plural of nutting truck is nutting trucks.
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