2006-10-21 13:02:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
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lor‧ry /ˈlɔri, ˈlɒri/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[lawr-ee, lor-ee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -ries. 1. Chiefly British. a motor truck, esp. a large one.
2. any of various conveyances running on rails, as for transporting material in a mine or factory.
3. a long, low, horse-drawn wagon without sides.
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[Origin: 1830–40; akin to dial. lurry to pull, drag, lug]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source lor·ry (lôr, lr) Pronunciation Key
n. Chiefly Britis. pl. lor·ries
A motor truck.
[Perhaps akin to dialectal lurry, to lug, haul.]
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lorry
n 1: a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides 2: a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides [syn: camion]
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2006-10-21 13:56:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
A 'lorry' was a low floored vehicle with four wheels and with low sides or no sides at all. The word dates from about 1834 and may be derived from Laurie, the name of the man who designed such a vehicle to run on railway tracks.
An alternative origin is a contraction of the word 'trolley' which is a low floored four wheeled vehicle for heavy loads. The name trolley was applied locally to a range of carts and waggons, both horse drawn and man-powered. It became associated with four wheeled waggons for heavy loads.
The name was adopted by the railways for low-floored wagons for heavy items. Eventually, it became a generic term in the U.K. for large road-going commercial goods vehicles.
2006-10-21 20:27:16 · answer #2 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
North country origin. Minutes of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 3rd. December 1834 suggests that the vehicle was called after an inventor named Laurie. A long flat wagon without sides, or with low sides, running on four low wheels. (OED)
2006-10-22 01:06:49 · answer #3 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Popular belief is that the word Lorry is a "dialectal" from the word LURRY, old word meaning to lug, haul.
2006-10-22 01:50:35 · answer #4 · answered by Ripped007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
england a lorry is a large vehicle for transporting goods by road
2006-10-21 13:36:37 · answer #5 · answered by lyle g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably from Liverpool, "Lorra lorra laughs"! Lorra up there means "a lot", could've been bastardised over time to become lorry?
2006-10-21 13:05:21 · answer #6 · answered by alfie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uncertain
2006-10-25 09:27:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the English word for a truck but I don't know the derivation of the word...good question,
2006-10-21 13:12:20 · answer #8 · answered by avalonphillip 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-17 05:19:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im sure it comes from india
2006-10-21 13:25:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋