motor van


noun British.

a motor truck, especially one enclosed to protect the cargo.

Origin of motor van

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example sentences from the Web for motor van

  • Only two or three years since she had been driving a motor-van in order to defeat the Germans.

    Mr. Prohack |E. Arnold Bennett
  • The next moment he was shot into the motor-van too and the door was shut.

  • They have been very nice to me, and offered me a job to drive a motor-van for them, carrying food to Belgian hostels and families.

    The Spell of Belgium |Isabel Anderson