flatcar

[ flat-kahr ]

noun

1. a railroad car consisting of a platform without sides or top.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flatcar¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; flat ¹ + car ¹

Example Sentences

In early April, their vehicles were filmed being loaded on to railway flatcars at Baranovichi in Belarus, from where they were taken the 1,000km or so to Belgorod, a Russian town bordering eastern Ukraine.

From BBC

Video footage provided by the defence ministry and published by the RIA news agency showed some tanks and other armoured vehicles being loaded onto railway flatcars.

From Reuters

The flatcar is the oldest rail car at the Danbury Railway Museum, which is home to more than 70 pieces of historic railroad equipment and artifacts.

From Washington Times

An Associated Press photographer found at least two tanks and other military vehicles on flatcars in a railyard in southeast Washington.

From Seattle Times

The barrel had to be carried on a specially made car consisting of a steel cradle straddling two extra-long flatcars.

From Literature