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bombardier Bombardier (originally a trademark) [< Armand Bombardier, of Valcourt, Quebec, the inventor]

• n. a vehicle used for travelling over snow and ice, equipped with caterpillar tracks at the rear and set of skis at the front.

  See also: skimobile  snowmobile  

  • 1949  DRB Bombardier snowmobile had two snags drive through [the] bottom of the vehicle.
  • 1958  The Bombardier has the edge from the standpoint of most drivers . . . because it steers by forward skis, rather than by its wide tracks.
  • 1962  We traveled to our fishing hole in a conveyance known as a bombardier. . . .
  • 1964  Heated bombardiers drive their cargo into the packing plants where it is unloaded and weighed. . . .