stock car
noun
a standard model of automobile changed in various ways for racing purposes.
Also called cattle car. Railroads.
a boxcar for carrying livestock.
Origin of stock car
1855–60,
Americanism
for def 2
OTHER WORDS FROM stock car
stock-car, adjectiveWords nearby stock car
Example sentences from the Web for stock car
It was true: the passengers of the Oklahoma were crowded like cattle on a Kansas stock-car.
The Magnetic North |Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)
British Dictionary definitions for stock car
stock car
noun
- a car, usually a production saloon, strengthened and modified for a form of racing in which the cars often collide
- (as modifier)stock-car racing
US and Canadian
a railway wagon designed for carrying livestock
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): cattle truck