bucket truck
noun
Definition of bucket truck
US
: a truck equipped with an extendable, hydraulic boom carrying a large bucket for raising workers to elevated, inaccessible areas … to talk about the possibility of sharing the purchase of specialized highway equipment, like … bucket trucks for roadside tree trimming. — David Detmold, Montague (Massachusetts) Reporter, 8 Oct. 2009
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First Known Use of bucket truck
1960
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