Definition of Tow car

1. Noun. A truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones).

Exact synonyms: Tow Truck, Wrecker
Generic synonyms: Motortruck, Truck
Derivative terms: Wreck

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tow Car

tovarich
tovariches
tovarish
tovarishch
tovarishches
tovarishes
tow
tow-colored
tow-haired
tow-head
tow-headed snake
tow-truck
tow-trucks
tow bar
tow bars
tow car (current term)
tow haired
tow truck
tow trucks
towable
towage
towages
towall
towalls
toward
toward land
toward the sea
towardliest
towardliness
towardlinesses

Literary usage of Tow car

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"In this way, wh the bar turns, it moves the tie rod. and the tow car follows its leader. Fig. 9: A dolly for towing In cars where ..."

2. Automobile Repairshop Short-cuts: Over 1500 Time and Labor-saving Kinks by Motor World (1918)
"662) tow car DEVICE A light, but extremely strong, framework for attaching the block and tackle to the rear of the tow car may be constructed as illustrated ..."

3. Course in Modern Production Methods by Business Training Corporation (1918)
"VIOLATION OF RULE COSTS A LIFE Engine was pulling a tow car in the mill yard. Workman jumped on the foot board of the engine and attempted to step onto the ..."

4. Electrical Engineer (1890)
"142 ran 3098 miles, of which 2247 miles was with a tow car ; this was about the average. From this a car runs 103 miles a day ; train 75 miles per day. ..."

5. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1919)
"... to the tow car. Flg. 3—A temporary spring repair: In fig. 3 is shown how a temporary repair was made upon a spring whose three lower leave» were broken ..."

6. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1916)
"... the other pulley fastened to the car that is in difficulty and the free end of the rope tied to the tow car An ejector pump, operated by compressed air, ..."

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