TRUCK

Definitions

1. 1. A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.
2. 2. A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles. Goods were conveyed about the town almost exclusively in trucks drawn by dogs. Macaulay.
3. 3. A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels.
4. 4. A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through.
5. 5. A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.
6. 6. A freight car. [Eng.]
7. 7. A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.