half track

1. 1.

   a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks; frequently used by the military

   Broadertracked vehiclemilitary vehicle

   military

2. 2.

   a track that goes around only rear wheels

   Broadertrack

Questions about half track

What does half track mean?

half track means "a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks; frequently used by the military". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is half track a common word?

half track is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.