snowcat

[ snoh-kat ]

noun

1. snowmobile.

Word History and Origins

Origin of snowcat¹

First recorded in 1950–55; originally a trademark (1946) of the Tucker Sno-Cat Corporation

Example Sentences

“It” is the accident that nearly killed the Oscar-nominated actor New Year’s Day 2023 as he was clearing the driveway at his home near Mount Rose in Nevada using a massive snowcat.

From Los Angeles Times

He likes to say the snowcat was a beacon, a Bat signal that called his family and friends to action and symbolized their deep love.

From Los Angeles Times

Paramedics could transport patients by Snowcat up to the hospital doors, but without the roads cleared, no one could leave.

From Los Angeles Times

While attempting to stop a snowplow from hitting his nephew, Renner was crushed by the 14,330-pound snowcat and hospitalized for a slew of injuries, including eight broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a broken tibia, shoulder, mandible, face, jaw, eye socket, knee, clavicle and both ankles.

From Los Angeles Times

They welded old school bus seats to a car-hauling trailer and hitched it to a snowcat, a tractor with snow treads, then put out the word they would be towing people up the mountain.

From Seattle Times