half-tracked

adjective

Of a vehicle, having both wheels and caterpillar tracks.

Meanings

adjectivehalf-tracked (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf a vehicle, having both wheels and caterpillar tracks.

    On a day in the summer which began our sixth year Josella and I went down to the coast together, traveling there in the half-tracked vehicle that I customarily used now that the roads were growing so bad.

    1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 241

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving caterpillar treads on the rear and wheels in front

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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