autobus

noun — 2 senses

autobus

noun

UK /ˈɔːtə(ʊ)bʌs/ · US /ˈɔtoʊˌbʌs/

Etymology From auto- (prefix meaning ‘self’, in the sense of being self-propelled) + bus. Sense 2 (“large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton”) is borrowed from French autobus.

Road, Transport Dated A motorbus, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses.

Broadly A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (“main group of riders”) in a race.

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