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nosewheel

American  
[nohz-hweel, -weel] / ˈnoʊzˌʰwil, -ˌwil /

noun

  1. the landing wheel under the nose of an aircraft.


Etymology

Origin of nosewheel

First recorded in 1930–35; nose + wheel

Example Sentences

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Just three days later, the same aircraft veered off the runway at Leeds Bradford Airport during Storm Babet, with a "catastrophic failure" of a nosewheel bearing ruled as the cause.

From BBC

A "catastrophic failure" of a nosewheel bearing caused a holiday jet to leave the runway at Leeds Bradford Airport, a report has found.

From BBC

The video was shot through a fence at some distance, but magnified still images appeared to show the aircraft with its nosewheel clearly off the ground and its parachutes deployed.

From The Wall Street Journal

"However, the crew’s actions may have been influenced by the nosewheel juddering," it added.

From BBC