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tail skid

noun Aeronautics.
  1. a runner under the tail of an airplane.
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Origin of tail skid

First recorded in 1915–20
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British Dictionary definitions for tailskid

tailskid

noun
  1. a runner under the tail of an aircraft
  2. a rear-wheel skid of a motor vehicle
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