▪ I. artic
colloq. abbrev. of articulated lorry (vehicle, etc.); see articulated ppl. a. 2 b.
| 1951, 1958 [see articulated ppl. a. 2 b]. 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, you Bastard i. 26 Tiny turnings where he would have lots of fun manœuvring a forty-foot artic. 1977 ‘D. Rutherford’ Return Load i. 12 To see a woman at the wheel of a big artic was surprising. 1985 Sunday Times 24 Feb. 7/3 He found artics couldn't carry the load of 60 ton containers needed for economical operation. |
▪ II. artic, -ik(e
obs. forms of Arctic.