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apron |
the paved strip at or bordering an airport, on which planes are parked, loaded, and maneuvered. [1/3 definitions] |
bed |
the area behind the cab of a truck on which the truck's cargo is loaded. [1/10 definitions] |
boot |
of a computer, to start up after an operating system has been loaded or after being provided with initial instructions (often fol. by "up") [1/10 definitions] |
breechloader |
a gun that is loaded at the rear of the barrel. (Cf. muzzleloader.) |
clip-fed |
of certain repeating firearms, loaded automatically from a cartridge clip. |
dock1 |
a raised platform at which land vehicles, such as trucks or trains, can be loaded and unloaded. [1/8 definitions] |
draft |
the depth of water a ship displaces when loaded (sometimes spelled "draught"). [1/18 definitions] |
Gatling gun |
an early machine gun with a revolving cluster of barrels, each of which was automatically loaded and fired when the cluster was rotated. |
heavy |
charged or loaded. [1/10 definitions] |
heavy-laden |
heavily loaded, as a vehicle or pack animal. [1/2 definitions] |
lade |
to be loaded, as with a burden (usu. used in passive). [1/6 definitions] |
laden |
loaded with a great burden; weighted. [1/3 definitions] |
landing |
a point where goods are loaded and passengers ascend or descend, as on or from a ship or airplane. [1/3 definitions] |
musket |
a heavy, large-calibre gun with a long barrel, carried on the shoulder and loaded through the muzzle, used from the sixteenth century until the eighteenth. |
muzzleloader |
a gun, such as a musket, that is loaded through the open end of the barrel. |
Plimsoll mark |
one of a series of lines on the hull of a merchant ship that indicate the depth to which, under different, legally specified circumstances, it may be loaded. |
ramp |
the paved area around the buildings of an airport where planes are landed and loaded or unloaded. [1/7 definitions] |
station wagon |
an automobile with one or two rows of folding or removable seats behind that of the driver, and a cargo area behind the rearmost seat that can be loaded through a tailgate. |
weighted |
loaded; burdened. [1/3 definitions] |
wharf |
a structure built along a shore, and often into the water, at which boats can be docked and loaded or unloaded; pier; quay. [1/4 definitions] |
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