locomobile

[ loh-kuh-moh-buh l, -beel ]

/ ˌloʊ kəˈmoʊ bəl, -bil /

automotive; self-propelling.

a self-propelled vehicle, traction engine, or the like.

Origin of locomobile

First recorded in 1885–90; see origin at locomotive, mobile

lo·co·mo·bil·i·ty

[loh-kuh-moh-bil-i-tee] /ˌloʊ kə moʊˈbɪl ɪ ti/, noun

Creaking and rattling, the locomobile came staggering out into the yard.

Dame Care |Hermann Sudermann
Frau Elsbeth mutely shook her head, and went into the house just as the locomobile arrived before the gate.

Dame Care |Hermann Sudermann
Next morning, when the locomobile was pulled out, a strange rattling, scrunching sound was heard on the threshold of the shed.

Dame Care |Hermann Sudermann
He had found it lying on the locomobile the day the work was begun again, and had carried it about with him ever since.

Dame Care |Hermann Sudermann

The locomobile kept this name forever after in Meyerhofer's house.

Dame Care |Hermann Sudermann