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Definition of Caterpillar track
1. Noun. An endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground.
Generic synonyms: Belt
Specialized synonyms: Half Track
Group relationships: Tracked Vehicle
Definition of Caterpillar track
1. Noun. A continuous track in the form of a steel or rubber belt fitted instead of wheels to bulldozers, tanks and similar off-road vehicles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caterpillar Track
Literary usage of Caterpillar track
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Good Roads Year Book by American Highway Association (1914)
"The caterpillar track makes this possible by distributing the weight of the
machine over a large surface It's sure to grip—there are no wheels to slip, ..."
2. Good Roads Year Book by American Highway Association (1915)
"The caterpillar track makes the difference —no wheels to slip or mire. Skagit County,
Wash., has reduced its hauling cost from $1.50 to 45 cents per yard ..."
3. Cyclopedia of Automobiles, Gas and Oil Engines and Farm Tractors: A Complete by Leonard Elliott Brookes, James H. Stephenson (1919)
"... The caterpillar track.—It is always the safe rule to start at the foundation
when building a structure and there will be no departure from this rule in ..."
4. Italy, France and Britain at War by Herbert George Wells (1917)
"You cannot make a land ironclad so big and heavy but that you cannot make a
caterpillar track wide enough and strong enough to carry ..."
5. Italy, France and Britain at War by Herbert George Wells (1917)
"You cannot make a land ironclad so big and heavy but that you cannot make a
caterpillar track wide enough and strong enough to carry it forward. ..."
6. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"You cannot make a land ironclad so big and heavy that you cannot make a caterpillar
track wide enough and strong enough to carry it forward " Tanks " are ..."
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