lowboy
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Lowboy_%28PSF%29.png/220px-Lowboy_%28PSF%29.png)
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From low + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French bois (“wood”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
lowboy (plural lowboys)
- A low chest of drawers.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 190:
- Puffing rhythmically, Jones set one of his beautiful dragon-entwined flambeaux on the low-boy with the gleaming drinks [...].
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 190:
- (trucking): A semi-trailer designed for hauling vehicles and other mobile equipment, with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels; so named because the trailer's main deck is situated close to the ground for easy loading and unloading of vehicles and equipment.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.155:
- Before the grave was half filled a truck entered the cemetery gates towing a lowboy with a tractor chained to the bed.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.155:
Synonyms
(trucking):
Translations
low-loading semi trailer
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See also
(furniture):