nose wheel

British  

noun

1. a wheel fitted to the forward end of a vehicle, esp the landing wheel under the nose of an aircraft

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Example Sentences

The disruption included a plane suffering an emergency incident at Belfast City Airport on Sunday evening, when its nose wheel appeared to break during landing in stormy conditions.

From BBC

Pictures from the scene suggest the plane's nose wheel collapsed during landing but no injuries were reported among the onboard crew.

From BBC

Pictures appear to show the aircraft with a collapsed nose wheel sitting on the runway.

From BBC

The captain managed to use the nose wheel tiller to keep the plane near the runway centerline until the pedals unstuck.

From Seattle Times

After landing, when taxiing the plane at a low speed, the pilot makes sharper turns off the runway or into a gate not with the rudder but by turning the nose wheel of the aircraft using a steering tiller on a side console.

From Seattle Times