Re: Serially articulated trucks

In alt.usage.english, Oleg Lego wrote:
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:55:27 -0800 (PST), tinwhistler posted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-trailer_truck

A semi-trailer truck or tractor-trailer (colloquially known as a
transfer truck, 18-wheeler, semi, Diesel, or big rig in the U.S., and
Canada; as a semi in Australia; and as an articulated lorry (artic) in
the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand) is an articulated truck or lorry
consisting of a towing engine (tractor in the U.S., prime mover in
Australia, and truck in the UK, Canada and New Zealand), and a semi-
trailer (plus possible additional trailers) that carries the freight.
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Germany now allows a monster, serially articulated truck -- 25 meters
long - and the name "gigaliner" has been created for it. A picture of
the gigaliner is at

A tractor pulling two semi trailers is known in Canada as a "B-Train".

http://tinyurl.com/33abes

What the name "gigaliner" suggests to me is the need for a retronym to
refer to the shorter, serially articulated trucks that have more than
one articulation. "Megaliner" is a possibility, no?

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_train

Three articulations is a C-train, two articulations is a B-Train, so the
logical name for a single articulation seems pretty obvious.

--
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England
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