roadable, a.
(ˈrəʊdəb(ə)l)
[f. road n. + -able; see prec.]
Suited to being driven on roads.
| 1929 Bookman (N.Y.) May 301/1 Motor car advertising of the past decade has brought forth the remarkable word ‘roadability’... A car that has ‘roadability’ is, presumably, ‘roadable’; that is, it can be roaded—whatever that might mean. 1935 A. P. Herbert What a Word! ii. 51 What sort of a car, I wonder, is a car which is not ‘roadable’? 1972 Daily Tel. 22 Nov. 4/5 A ‘roadable’ aircraft has been shown at the Detroit Motor Show... It can be driven on the road or flown from an area smaller than a football field. |