English Explanatory Dictionary

bobbin tank

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A road-laying armoured tracked fighting vehicle that carries a spool of fabric to be used as a road surface over loose ground that tanks have difficulty crossing.

Word forms

bobbin tank bobbin tanks

Etymology

From bobbin + tank, from the bobbin-like appearance of the spool of road surface material attached to the tank.

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