lowboy
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈləʊbɔɪ/
Noun

lowboy (plural lowboys)

  1. A low chest of drawers.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 190:
      Puffing rhythmically, Jones set one of his beautiful dragon-entwined flambeaux on the low-boy with the gleaming drinks [...].
  2. (trucking) A semi-trailer designed for hauling vehicles and other mobile equipment, with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels; so named because the trailer's main deck is situated close to the ground for easy loading and unloading of vehicles and equipment.
    • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.155:
      Before the grave was half filled a truck entered the cemetery gates towing a lowboy with a tractor chained to the bed.
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