tractor-trailer rig

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• tractor trailer — noun a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together • Syn: ↑trailer truck, ↑trucking rig, ↑rig, ↑articulated lorry, ↑semi • Hypernyms: ↑truck, ↑motortruck …   Useful english dictionary

• rig — [rig] vt. rigged, rigging [LME riggen < Scand, as in Norw rigga, to bind, splice] 1. a) to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with sails, shrouds, etc. b) to fit (sails, shrouds, etc.) to a ship s masts, yards, etc. 2. to assemble and adjust the wings,… …   English World dictionary

• rig — /rig/, v., rigged, rigging, n. v.t. 1. Chiefly Naut. a. to put in proper order for working or use. b. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. c. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like. 2.… …   Universalium

• trailer truck — noun a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together • Syn: ↑tractor trailer, ↑trucking rig, ↑rig, ↑articulated lorry, ↑semi • Hypernyms: ↑truck, ↑motortruck …   Useful english dictionary

• rig — I. transitive verb (rigged; rigging) Etymology: probably back formation from rigging Date: 15th century 1. to fit out (as a ship) with rigging 2. clothe, dress usually used with out 3. to furnish with special gear ; equip 4 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rig — [[t]rɪg[/t]] v. rigged, rig•ging, n. 1) naut. navig. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with rigging 2) to furnish with equipment or clothing (usu. fol. by out or up) 3) to assemble, install, or prepare (often fol. by up) 4) to manipulate fraudulently:… …   From formal English to slang

• rig — v 1. equip, furnish, supply, provide, purvey, gird, Archaic. dight, Obs. appoint; outfit, fit out, fit up, fit, turn out, gear, gear up; rig up, rig out, set out, put together. 2. clothe, attire, accouter, array, deck, bedeck, deck out, caparison …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• trucking rig — noun a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together • Syn: ↑trailer truck, ↑tractor trailer, ↑rig, ↑articulated lorry, ↑semi • Hypernyms: ↑truck, ↑motortruck …   Useful english dictionary

• Semi-trailer truck — A semi trailer truck, also known as tractor trailer or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) articulated lorry, is an articulated truck or lorry consisting of a towing engine ( tractor in the United States, prime mover in Australia, and truck in… …   Wikipedia

• tandem trailer — noun trucking rig with two trailers in tandem • Hypernyms: ↑trailer truck, ↑tractor trailer, ↑trucking rig, ↑rig, ↑articulated lorry, ↑semi * * * 1. Also called double bottom, double trailer truck, tandem. a very long rig consisting of a tractor… …   Useful english dictionary

• semi-trailer — noun a) A trailer without a front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end, designed to be pulled via a pivoting arrangement which also partially supports its weight. b) A tractor trailer or big rig: a semi trailer plus the truck or …   Wiktionary