Definizione monolingua

bobtail

bobtail (third-person singular simple present bobtails, present participle bobtailing, simple past and past participle bobtailed)

1. (agriculture) To drive a tractor without its trailer.
   • 2002. David Diamond. The Trucker & The Professor, Wired (magazine), Issue 9.12[1]

     He deposits his trailer at a Marten facility in nearby Stockton, and then drives without the trailer - thats called ""bobtailing"".

2. To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer.
   • 2003. Bergmann Co. Bergmanns Cleaning History:[2]

     W.C. Bergmann was supplementing his meager lamplighters income by ""bobtailing""… picking up laundry and cleaning in his horse drawn truck...

bobtail (plural bobtails)

1. A short, or deliberately shortened tail.
2. Hence, also said of some animals that have a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.
3. (agriculture) A tractor which performs without its trailer.

Definizione dizionario bobtail

Altri significati:

A short, or deliberately shortened tail.

(agriculture) A tractor which performs without its trailer.

Hence, also said of some animals that have a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.

(agriculture) To drive a tractor without its trailer.

To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer.