• Semi-tractor

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    semi-tractor

    (plural semi-tractors)
    1. The tractor component of a semi-trailer truck or articulated lorry.
      • 1999, Chester Peterson, Rod Beemer, Inside John Deere: A Factory History, page 93,The fleet has 48 semi-tractors and 164 trailers that transport 110,000 tons of parts and supplies annually over 1 million miles of roads.
      • 2003, Michael E. Gray, Auto Upkeep: Basic Car Care, page 56,Some people think diesel fuel is only used in semi-tractors (Figure 9.3) or heavy equipment.
      • 2008, Raymond P. Siljander, Introduction to Business and Industrial Security and Loss Control, 2nd Edition, page 75,Security seal use applies when carrying merchandise in semi-truck trailers (highway trailers) pulled by semi-tractors and when railroad flatcars carry the trailers, the latter referred to as piggyback (piggybacking).
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