Texas bed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A semi-truck's tractor unit, with a rear-facing near-cab winch, a truckbed between the cab and the fifth wheel, having a fifth wheel at the rear for attaching a semi-trailer.

Word forms

Texas bed Texas beds Texas-bed Texasbed Texas-bed truck Texas-bed tractor

Etymology

Blend of Texas + truckbed. From being a truck with a truckbed used in Texas oilfields. By surface analysis, Texas + bed.

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