landing gear

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noun

the wheels, floats, etc., of an aircraft, upon which it lands and moves on ground or water.

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Origin of landing gear

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby landing gear

landing clerk, landing craft, landing field, landing flap, landing force, landing gear, landing net, landing page, landing party, landing ship, landing speed

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How to use landing gear in a sentence

The bird-legged bot also opens up possibilities for an adaptable landing gear that can lessen the need for landing strips and helicopter pads.
This bird-legged quadcopter can easily perch in the treetops|Margo Milanowski|December 1, 2021|Popular-Science
In one video, at least a dozen people were on top of landing gear hatches as the aircraft accelerated down the runway.
The story of an Afghan man who fell from the sky|Gerry Shih, Niha Masih, Dan Lamothe|August 26, 2021|Washington Post
They seemed to have been heard when I felt the impact of the landing gear on the wet runway.
Locked up in the Land of Liberty: Part I|Yariel Valdés González|July 7, 2021|Washington Blade
Autoland takes over from there—choosing an airport, physically flying the plane, and lowering the landing gear at the right time—to bring the vehicle down safely.
The 100 greatest innovations of 2020|Popular Science Staff|December 2, 2020|Popular-Science

With the main landing gear gone, the right engine, still attached to the wing, was severely damaged.
San Francisco Airplane Crash Landing: What Happened?|Clive Irving|July 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The crew would not normally be aware of a landing-gear problem until they were on final approach.
No, Noah Gallagher Shannon, Your Plane Was Not Going to Crash|Clive Irving|June 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Hydraulic pressure is involved not only in lowering the landing gear but in controlling the airplane.
No, Noah Gallagher Shannon, Your Plane Was Not Going to Crash|Clive Irving|June 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Donto recalled flying to Denver with his mother and they were informed the landing gear had malfunctioned.
Etta James’s Son Donto Says Addiction Was Part of Famed Singer’s Life|Christine Pelisek|November 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It was late 1977 when the DC-3 lowered its landing gear onto a jungle airstrip, one of dozens on the Caribbean side of Colombia.
America’s Biggest Marijuana Ring: Black Tuna Tells All|Tony Doukopil|March 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Someone tampered with the pointer of the instrument and all but drained the gas containers when they wrecked the landing gear.
Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope|Victor Appleton
This time it struck one of the Lhari grazingly with landing gear and knocked him sprawling.
The Colors of Space|Marion Zimmer Bradley
Harris himself was in the bottom of the plane, in the baggage section near the landing gear.
The Penal Cluster|Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)
To strike this spar would entail danger of a crash, or having their landing-gear torn away, which would prove a disaster.
Eagles of the Sky|Ambrose Newcomb
The landing gear must have torn off some of the fusilage when it hit.
Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol|Henry Harley Arnold

British Dictionary definitions for landing gear

landing gear

noun

another name for undercarriage (def. 1)

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