"cattle truck" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cattle trucks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cattle truck (plural cattle trucks)
  1. (rail transport) A wagon used to transport livestock Categories (topical): Rail transportation Translations (type of wagon): karjavaunu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-cattle_truck-en-noun-gWf0jHRt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

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