nutting truck

English

Etymology

So named because they were originally manufactured by the Nutting Truck Company, founded by Elijah Nutting.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌtɪŋ ˌtɹʌk/, [ˈnʌɾɪŋ ˌtɹʌk]

Noun

nutting truck (plural nutting trucks)

1. (US, United States Postal Service terminology) A flat cart with four wheels, one in the center or corner of each side, upon which trays of mail may be stacked for transport.
   • 1973, in a Government Employee Relations Report (in the issues 484-509; page 1-461), page 49:

     The slip read: "I asked Charles Hall to push a nutting truck from the dumping table area to the paper case area."

   • 2006, Ken Culbreth, The Railway Mail Clerk and the Highway Post Office, →ISBN, page 123:

     When I tried to show him how thin the pieces were and that I had made good progress, he just picked up his clip board and motioned for me to get a big nutting truck and to follow him.

   • 2012, Sandy Kay, Awakening Hearts, →ISBN, page 89:

     She looked at the stacks of flats already sitting on the nutting truck.