three-on-the-tree | Idiomator

Meaning: (US,idiomatic)On an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speedmanual transmissionwhosegearshiftlever is acolumn shifter(mountedon thesteering column) (R-N-1-2-3);(metonymic)a vehicle with such a transmission.Coordinate term:four-on-the-floorIn driver's education, they used to teach students to drive in cars with athree-on-the-tree, but now the cars all have automatic transmissions.His old car was athree-on-the-tree. Now he drives a four-on-the-floor.

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