truckload

[ truhk-lohd ]

/ ˈtrʌkˌloʊd /

the amount that a truck can carry.

the minimum weight legally required for making shipments at a rate (truckload rate) below that charged for shipments under this minimum.

Origin of truckload

First recorded in 1860–65; truck¹ + load

When a truckload of ‘soldiers’ from the Maidan arrived at the palace, everyone broke out in cheers of ‘Geroyem Slava’!

Occupy Kiev: What Should Ukraine Do Now With The Heroes of the Maidan? |Vijai Maheshwari |February 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
His only “vice,” as he puts it, is Red Bull, which he drinks by the truckload.

Weeds’s Hunter Parrish: The Final Seasons and Those Shirtless Scenes |Itay Hod |July 1, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The defense secretary hauls out a truckload of examples of waste and mismanagement that can be safely cut.

Robert Gates' Lonely Crusade |Leslie H. Gelb |May 22, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
The army provided a truckload of soldiers as escorts, and we took a circuitous route to avoid areas not considered secure.

Into Taliban Country |Steve Inskeep |March 29, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

The great media companies are laying off employees by the truckload.

Kill the Media Zombies |Tina Brown |December 8, 2008 |DAILY BEAST
A truckload of Boers behind every engine would have stopped the practice for ever.

The Great Boer War |Arthur Conan Doyle
During the afternoon there had been piled truckload after truckload of cordwood at the end of the company streets.

At Plattsburg |Allen French
The truckload of furniture came to one of these doors and he again watched it as the stuff was carried inside.

Merton of the Movies |Harry Leon Wilson
One truckload of lumber at 60 per cent moisture may easily contain over 7,000 pounds of ice.

Seasoning of Wood |Joseph B. Wagner
They were American war surplus guns, stolen by the truckload after the war and sold to smugglers like Nast.

The Golden Skull |John Blaine

truckload

/ (ˈtrʌkˌləʊd) /

the amount carried by a truck