SKIDPAN

skidpan

(noun) a paved surface on which cars can be made to skid so that drivers can practice controlling them

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

skidpan (plural skidpans)

A skidpad.

A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag.

Anagrams

• ink pads, ink-pads, inkpads, kidnaps

Source: Wiktionary


Skid"pan`, n.

Definition: See Skid, n., 1. [Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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