cab-over

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[kab-oh-ver]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a truck tractor or other vehicle in which the cab is located over the engine.
a camper in which the body extends forward over the cab of the truck on which it is mounted.

adjective

pertaining to such a vehicle or camper.
pertaining to the part of a camper that extends over the cab.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cab-over¹

First recorded in 1935–40

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"I had a brand new Mack cab-over, and me and one of the warehousemen would make the rounds picking up furniture" at illegal manufacturing sweatshop "all over South Central L.A."

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Following its U.S.-focused One and Two models, the Phoenix-based company has unveiled the Tre, which features the cab-over design common in Europe due to vehicle length regulations.

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They eventually bought a cab-over tractor and a dump truck, and Hansen was back on the road.

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In the song a group of New York artists rent a “spankin’ new, white-shiny, chrome-plated cab-over Peterbilt” and fill it with “hot avant-garde” to drive to California and show up their West Coast counterparts.

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cabover Cabral

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