lift truck

noun

1. a dolly or truck for lifting and moving, especially palletized loads.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lift truck¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Just before Christmas, a group of Letzte Generation activists drove a hydraulic lift truck onto the square between the American and French embassies in Berlin and, directly under the noses of police, sawed off the tip of the city’s giant Christmas tree.

From Slate

This came as combustion engine and fork lift truck manufacturing sank in the coronavirus crisis, which curbed industrial activity and demand.

From Reuters

The 400 agency jobs are in a variety of shop-floor roles including assembly, welding and fork lift truck drivers.

From BBC

A heavy goods vehicle and its refrigerated unit, a van and a fork lift truck were also seized along with approximately £12,000 and €2,000.

From BBC

Robertson and another worker fell about 50 feet from the bucket of a lift truck onto a barge below.

From Washington Times