tow bar

Meanings

nountow bar (plural tow bars)

A bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed.

Dutch trekhaak

trekhaaka bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed

Esperanto tirkuplilo

tirkupliloa bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed

Finnish vetokoukku

vetokoukkua bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed

French crochet d'attelage, boule d'attelage

crochet d'attelagea bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed
boule d'attelagea bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed
attache-remorquea bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed

German Anhängerkupplung

Anhängerkupplunga bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed

Greek κοτσαδόρος

κοτσαδόρος (kotsadóros)a bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed

Norwegian Bokmål tilhengerfeste, krok

tilhengerfestea bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed
kroka bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed

Russian фарко́п

фарко́п (farkóp)a bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed

Swedish dragkrok, draganordning

dragkroka bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed
draganordninga bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed

Ukrainian тягово-зчіпний пристрій, ТЗП

тягово-зчіпний пристрій (tjahovo-zčipnyj prystrij)a bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed
ТЗП (TZP)a bar, or ball, usually at the rear of a vehicle, where a trailer, or caravan or other similar item can be attached and towed

Cite this entry

APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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