pilot vehicle (English, noun)
expansion: pilot vehicle (plural pilot vehicles)
Senses:
topics: road
transport
glosses: A vehicle that ranges ahead of a convoy/train/transport
A vehicle used to warn other road users of the presence of an oversized vehicle/combination
tags: Australia
topics: transport
glosses: A vehicle that ranges ahead of a convoy/train/transport
Synonym of pilot engine / pilot locomotive: An engine that runs ahead of a train to clear the route
topics: transport
glosses: A lead vehicle
topics: transport
glosses: A lead vehicle
Synonym of pilot engine / pilot locomotive: The leading engine locomotive in a multiple heading train
topics: transport
glosses: A tending vehicle
topics: transport
glosses: A tending vehicle
Synonym of pilot engine / pilot locomotive: A yard/station locomotive engine used to shuttle rail cars around a yard or station
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: production
glosses: A prototype vehicle, initial production vehicle, lead vehicle in a new manufacturing process, first vehicle produced in a new manufactory.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pilot, vehicle.
Forms:
form: pilot vehicles
tags: plural