n. A device that records the distance and time traveled by a vehicle (especially a truck or coach), used to check the drivers' working time.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A recording or registering tachometer; also, its autographic record.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A recording tachometer applied to shafting or wheels to register rotation-speed; a speed-indicator. Also tacheograph.
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n. a tachometer that produces a graphical record of its readings; used to record the speed and duration of trips in a motor vehicle
Word Usage
"The new rules forbid drivers of commercial vehicles, including rescue tow trucks, from travelling more than 62 miles from their bases unless the vehicle is fitted with a tachograph – a device that monitors the number of hours spent on the road."