curtain-sider

noun

A freight vehicle, including semi-trailers, with sides that open and close like a curtain, to facilitate loading and unloading.

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Meanings

nouncurtain-sider (plural curtain-siders)

plural curtain-siders · alternative curtainsider

  1. transportA freight vehicle, including semi-trailers, with sides that open and close like a curtain, to facilitate loading and unloading.

    Bailey adds: "Curtain-siders are a third of our business. That is an untapped market for rail. […] You could see trains coming out of the Southampton terminal with 40 to 60 boxes, and the rest filled with curtain siders to East Midlands Gateway, then aggregating them from there to the North.

    2023 April 19, Paul Clifton, “Rail is clearly key to our future”, in RAIL, number 981, page 32
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APA

curtain-sider. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curtain-sider

MLA

“curtain-sider.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curtain-sider. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curtain-sider,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curtain-sider.

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