roll-on roll-off

1. 1.

   a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination

   Broaderconveyance

   train · airplane

Questions about roll-on roll-off

What does roll-on roll-off mean?

roll-on roll-off means "a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination".

Is roll-on roll-off a common word?

roll-on roll-off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.