"yardhorse" meaning in All languages combined

See yardhorse on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: yardhorses [plural]
Etymology: From yard + horse. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|yard|horse}} yard + horse Head templates: {{en-noun}} yardhorse (plural yardhorses)
  1. A heavy-duty tractor designed for moving shipping containers on chassis around a shipping terminal.
    Sense id: en-yardhorse-en-noun-gdpkWNzF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "yard",
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      },
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From yard + horse.",
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    {
      "form": "yardhorses",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1975, Jury Verdicts Weekly - Volume 19, page 4:",
          "text": "Plaintiffs contended that on the night of the subject accident the decedent unhooked the yardhorse from a trailer and had parked it 10 feet in front of the trailer to drop a nosepin on the trailer; that after the decedent left the yardgoat- and while he was attempting to lower the nosepin, the yardgoat, which apparently had been in neutral, silently engaged into reverse, moved back and crushed the decedent under the trailer.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980, Hobart McKinley Conway, The Airport City: Development Concepts for the 21st Century, page 139:",
          "text": "A yardhorse is used to move the air-truck container to the 747 containership.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Hildebrand, Gregory G. Noll, & Bill Hand, Intermodal Container Emergencies, →ISBN, page 89:",
          "text": "For example, containers are constantly being loaded and unloaded, yardhorses are moving containers throughout the terminal, cranes and stackers are at work, and so forth.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A heavy-duty tractor designed for moving shipping containers on chassis around a shipping terminal."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "tractor",
          "tractor"
        ],
        [
          "shipping container",
          "shipping container"
        ],
        [
          "chassis",
          "chassis"
        ],
        [
          "shipping",
          "shipping"
        ],
        [
          "terminal",
          "terminal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From yard + horse.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yardhorses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
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          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "1980, Hobart McKinley Conway, The Airport City: Development Concepts for the 21st Century, page 139:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Hildebrand, Gregory G. Noll, & Bill Hand, Intermodal Container Emergencies, →ISBN, page 89:",
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          "shipping container",
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "shipping",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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