DCHP-3

snow tractor

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a kind of snowmobile (def. 2).

See: snowmobile(meaning 2)

Quotations

1936
Somebody began to work on the idea of snowmobiles and snow tractors.
1947
When the department got around to finding out about snow tractors, the weather threatened to break.
1948
. . . replacing the old-fashioned dog team and sled [are] . . . motor toboggans and "snow tractors" which attain a speed up to 35 miles per hour and manoeuver in almost any kind of terrain.