Lorry

British for truck dates from the early 19th century and originally was the name given to a kind of rolling stock consisting of a long flat wagon without sides, or with low sides, running on four wheels. It was originally spelt ‘laurie’ in the minutes of a meeting of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway 3rd December 1834, which suggests it may have been named after a person named Laurie. Within in a few years, however, the spelling had become lorry and the term was applied to wagons on tramways and eventually to heavy-duty motor vehicles from the late 19th/early 20th century.