semi-trailer
nounEtymology From semi- + trailer.
1
A trailer without front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end, designed to be pulled via a pivoting arrangement which also partially supports its weight.
2
Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of semi-trailer truck (“a tractor-trailer or big rig, consisting of a semi-trailer and a semitruck pulling it”).
- Related terms
- fifth wheel, kingpin