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tractor-trailer
a combination trucking unit consisting of a tractor hooked up to a full trailer or a semitrailer. -
fifth wheel
a horizontal ring or segment of a ring, consisting of two bands that slide on each other, placed above the front axle of a carriage and designed to support the forepart of the body while allowing it to turn freely in a horizontal plane. -
full trailer
a trailer supported entirely by its own wheels. -
semi
semitrailer (def 1). -
tandem trailer
Also called double-bottom, double-trailer truck, tandem. a very long rig consisting of a tractor pulling two trailers hooked up one behind another. -
tractor
a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.