0 in a sports team, especially in baseball, the practice of using two players at different times at the same position:
North Carolina began the platooning of the two quarterbacks on a set rotation.
1 a method of connecting vehicles either physically or using computer technology so they can travel close together in a group, as a way of saving space, fuel, or money:
We will encourage cooperative vehicle systems, including platooning.
Baseball writer Bill James credits Southworth and Casey Stengel with reinstituting platooning in the 1940s.
The platooning works because Curry can pull down the ball and run while Durant excels at operating in the pocket.
As a cost-cutting measure, platooning would allow haulage firms to arrange trucks in tight convoys and eliminate drivers in all but the lead vehicle.
One approach would be to designate special platooning lanes, separated by fixed barriers.
