tailskid

/ ˈteɪlˌskɪd /

noun

1. a runner under the tail of an aircraft

2. a rear-wheel skid of a motor vehicle

Example Sentences

As the big plane lumbered down the concrete runway, sparks spouted comet-like from her tailskid.

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Two days before the race the Mollisons had come near being "scratched," when they broke a tailskid.

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