desert dolly

noun

A wheeled platform for moving heavy lamps over difficult terrain.

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Meanings

noundesert dolly (plural desert dollies)

plural desert dollies

  1. broadcastingA wheeled platform for moving heavy lamps over difficult terrain.

    We packed it in on desert dollies for about a mile and used it down next to a lake where it was absolutely forbidden to have any motorized equipment. We couldn't have gotten the shot that we got with any other piece of equipment.

    1980, American Cinematographer, volume 61, page 1128
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APA

desert dolly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desert%20dolly

MLA

“desert dolly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desert%20dolly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desert dolly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desert%20dolly.

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