English Explanatory Dictionary

yardhorse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A heavy-duty tractor designed for moving shipping containers on chassis around a shipping terminal.

Word forms

yardhorse yardhorses

Etymology

From yard + horse. The name is figurative, calling a tractor a horse (compare iron horse for locomotive); the name as a solid compound seems not to be attested in an earlier sense referring to a draft horse working in a yard such as a barnyard, lumberyard, or coalyard, although as an open compound or sum of parts, yard horse would be unsurprising there.

Related words

workhorse yard jockey yardroom
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