caterpillar track

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Noun

caterpillar track - an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground

caterpillar tread, track

belt - endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

half track - a track that goes around only rear wheels

tracked vehicle - a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks

Translations

cingolo

гусеница

caterpillar track®

n → Raupenkette f, → Gleiskette f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

caterpillar track

n → cingolo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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