road-train

[ rohd-treyn ]

noun

1. a convoy of motor vehicles.
2. a fleet of motor vehicles traveling together in line.

road train

noun

1. a line of linked trailers pulled by a truck, used for transporting stock, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of road-train¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

She pointed down at a giant road-train passing below, the only light coming from it a dim red flicker from underneath, the navigation laser reading the bar codes painted onto the road.

From Literature

When Jonah Lomu was thundering about South Africa in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, strafing defenders like a road-train through wheat, there’d never been anything like him.

From The Guardian

He supplies personnel and training to the transport and logistics industry - which includes for example, the long "road-train" trucks that carry goods to remote mining regions.

From BBC