Tractor

Definitions

1. A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
2. A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
3. A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
   US
4. Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
5. An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
6. A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
   UK
7. A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.
   archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“On the other hand the EE type⟳ 3's have⟳ offered in a 1750 hp package, probably the most successful loco BR bought. As any crew will tell⟳ you a tractor will pull⟳ anything anywhere, and yet at the same time they were nippy enough for use⟳ on the Anglian mainlines for 20 years.”

“With a recent email from Mike Tetlow, I found out that there were two other 37s [37252 and 37031] present⟳ that day, also shuttling between Cambridge and Kings Lynn. As you correctly observe⟳, the pic of little me shows that I am in a Dutch liveried tractor.”

“EWS are also denying any rumours of tractors going to Spain, then again they denyed the rumours of tractors going to France until the contract was signed!”

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