Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lightly armored military motor vehicle having continuous tracks in the rear for power and conventional wheels in front for steering.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a half-tracked vehicle; -- used mostly of armored military vehicles.
- adjective having caterpillar treads on the rear and wheels in front.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
vehicle combining bothwheels andtreads (caterpillar tracks ). - adjective Describing such a vehicle; half-tracked
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks; frequently used by the military
- noun a track that goes around only rear wheels
- adjective having caterpillar treads on the rear and wheels in front
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Examples
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Matters had been made worse by the fuss over the American shipment of arms and ammunition to Saudi Arabia and the announcement about the roadblock to delivering half-track vehicles to Israel.64
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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Unknown to the White House or the State Department, on May 10, a Customs Bureau official in New York had blocked the shipment of twenty-one Army surplus half-track vehicles with caterpillar treads in the back and conventional wheels in front to Israel because they were not covered by a valid export license.
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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Unknown to the White House or the State Department, on May 10, a Customs Bureau official in New York had blocked the shipment of twenty-one Army surplus half-track vehicles with caterpillar treads in the back and conventional wheels in front to Israel because they were not covered by a valid export license.
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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The Israeli embassy decided not to make an issue of the half-track snafu, but Senators Hubert H.
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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At this time we could hear and see the German half-track vehicles entering Lamia, thus effectively cutting off our retreat in that direction even if we had transport.
Alan Glass 2010
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Matters had been made worse by the fuss over the American shipment of arms and ammunition to Saudi Arabia and the announcement about the roadblock to delivering half-track vehicles to Israel.64
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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Molly brought three packs out from the back of the half-track, and Peter threw the last small bits of concrete away from where Cal was working.
365 tomorrows » Sam Clough : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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Link johnny drove the half-track because we could not find a jeep
a little drop of poison in the red red blood coffeeem 2009
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The Israeli embassy decided not to make an issue of the half-track snafu, but Senators Hubert H.
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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Members of the Fauquier School Board figured that if Stribling could drive a half-track, he could drive a school bus.
Fauquier school bus driver recalls taking students to Jennie Dean School Post 2010
knitandpurl commented on the word half-track
Tanks clank and clack, as halftracks attack flatcars and tramcars: bang, bang."
Eunoia by Christian Bök (upgraded edition), p 29
May 20, 2010