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undercarriage

[uhn-der-kar-ij] / ˈʌn dərˌkær ɪdʒ /


NOUN
chassis
Synonyms


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"A bird strike is not unusual, problems with an undercarriage are not unusual," Geoffrey Thomas, the editor of Airline News, told Reuters.

From BBC Dec. 30, 2024

If you decide to use composite decking on a treated lumber undercarriage, read the installation instructions.

From Seattle Times Apr. 30, 2024

This, of course, doesn’t really matter to those of us in trucks — so long as the e-scooter doesn’t damage the undercarriage of the truck.

From Washington Times Nov. 20, 2023

Their search turned up an AirTag that was attached to the undercarriage, behind the rear passenger wheel, the report said.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2023

Maddie fought the aircraft for a while, straightened the rudder, felt the speed increase as Dympna’s laborious cranking of the undercarriage began to progress and the extra drag fell away.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

I was not preparing to write about the tampered undercarriages of ski jumpers.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 7, 2026

Cars would ride so close to the ground that any small shift in weight caused their undercarriages to scrape against the pavement.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2023

On Tuesday, black-suited private security guards also ran mirrors around vehicles to check their undercarriages for explosives — a measure rarely seen in the Emirates.

From Seattle Times Feb. 21, 2023

The grain is then reloaded into wagons on different trains, or the wagons are lifted onto narrower undercarriages, all of which takes time and limits how much can be exported.

From Reuters May 26, 2022

The master put the wagons and carriages in the shed and set Willie to cleaning the mud off wheels and undercarriages, and the sleds were brought out.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson




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