tail skid

noun Aeronautics.

a runner under the tail of an airplane.

Origin of tail skid

First recorded in 1915–20

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British Dictionary definitions for tailskid

tailskid

noun

a runner under the tail of an aircraft

a rear-wheel skid of a motor vehicle

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