Proving ground
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A terrain or installation for testing weapons, military equipment, or tactics.
- 2 a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas wordnet
- 3 A venue or project in which new technologies, methods, or techniques are tested. figuratively
"To test the new equipment and vehicles that will work to the high voltage a.c. system, a proving ground was sought at a convenient point, and the lines from Colchester to Clacton and Walton have been selected."
Example
More examples"To test the new equipment and vehicles that will work to the high voltage a.c. system, a proving ground was sought at a convenient point, and the lines from Colchester to Clacton and Walton have been selected."