yardhorse
yardhorse noun: a heavy-duty tractor designed for moving shipping containers on chassis around a shipping terminal.
Noun
yardhorse (plural yardhorses)
- A heavy-duty tractor designed for moving shipping containers on chassis around a shipping terminal.
- Plaintiffs contended that on the night of the subject accident the decedent unhooked the yardhorse from a trailer and had parked it 10 feet in front of the trailer to drop a nosepin on the trailer; that after the decedent left the yardgoat- and while he was attempting to lower the nosepin, the...1975, Jury Verdicts Weekly - Volume 19, page 4
- A yardhorse is used to move the air-truck container to the 747 containership.1980, Hobart McKinley Conway, The Airport City: Development Concepts for the 21st Century, page 139
Forms of yardhorse
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Origin of yardhorse
From yard + horse. The name is figurative, calling a tractor a horse (compare iron horse for locomotive); the name as a solid compound seems not to be attested in an earlier sense referring to a draft horse working in a yard such as a barnyard, lumberyard, or coalyard, although as an open compound or sum of parts, yard horse would be unsurprising there.
Questions about yardhorse
- What does yardhorse mean?
- Yardhorse means a heavy-duty tractor designed for moving shipping containers on chassis around a shipping terminal.
- What part of speech is yardhorse?
- Yardhorse is a noun.
- What is the plural of yardhorse?
- The plural of yardhorse is yardhorses.
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