tankodrome en · NOUN
Etymology
1918, tank + -o- + -drome, after aerodrome.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A training location for use of tanks; tank park.
Prospective tank-drivers tramped up early every morning to the Tank Park or “Tankodrome”—a couple of large fields in which workshops had been erected, some trenches dug, and a few shell-craters blown
1919, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 205, W. Blackwood, page 588:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tankodromes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tankdrome | alternative | lexicographic |