bobtail
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America)* IPA: /ˈbɑbteɪl/
bobtail (plural bobtails)
- A short, or deliberately shortened tail.
- An animal that has a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.
- (agriculture) A tractor which performs without its trailer.
- A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.
- Spanish: colín (adj.)
bobtail (bobtails, present participle bobtailing; past and past participle bobtailed)
- (agriculture) To drive a tractor without its trailer.
- 2002. David Diamond. The Trucker & The Professor, Wired (magazine), Issue 9.12
- He deposits his trailer at a Marten facility in nearby Stockton, and then drives without the trailer - that's called "bobtailing".
- 2002. David Diamond. The Trucker & The Professor, Wired (magazine), Issue 9.12
- To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer.
- 2003. Bergmann Co. Bergmann's Cleaning History:[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012131035/http://bergmanns.com/company_history.asp]
- W.C. Bergmann was supplementing his meager lamplighter's income by "bobtailing"… picking up laundry and cleaning in his horse drawn truck...
- 2003. Bergmann Co. Bergmann's Cleaning History:[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012131035/http://bergmanns.com/company_history.asp]
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