leaf truck

plural leaf trucks · alternative leaftruck

1. A specialized vehicle, often a truck equipped with a vacuum system, used for collecting loose leaves from streets, sidewalks, and other areas.

   The dogs were barking over at the pigfarm, the leaftruck was crawling through autumn, lovers were unbuttoning in cellars and what was I up to in that badlit attic?

   1977, David Young, “The Names of a Hare in English: Les noms de un levre en englais”, in Poetry, volume 131, number 2, page 84 of 78-87