Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument or apparatus for testing the relative resistance of roads to the draft of vehicles.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A dynamometer for ascertaining the power required to draw carriages over roads.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun dated A dynamometer for ascertaining the power required to draw carriages over roads.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek trial + -meter.

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