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tiller truck

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
tiller truck
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of firetruck, an aerial ladder truck that is articulated with a tillerman's position to steer the rear of the trailer into tight spaces.

Etymology

From tiller + truck. From having rear-wheel steering similar to a boat's tiller.

Inflected Forms

tiller trucks (plural)

Derived Forms

tillerman

Questions

What does tiller truck mean?
A type of firetruck, an aerial ladder truck that is articulated with a tillerman's position to steer the rear of the trailer into tight spaces.
Where does tiller truck come from?
From tiller + truck. From having rear-wheel steering similar to a boat's tiller.

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