tailskid
Britishnoun
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a runner under the tail of an aircraft
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a rear-wheel skid of a motor vehicle
Example Sentences
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Two days before the race the Mollisons had come near being "scratched," when they broke a tailskid.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the big plane lumbered down the concrete runway, sparks spouted comet-like from her tailskid.
From Time Magazine Archive
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