undercarriage
Americannoun
-
undercarriages
plural
-
the supporting framework underneath a vehicle, as an automobile or trailer; the structure to which the wheels, tracks, or the like are attached or fitted.
-
the portions of an aircraft that are below the body.
noun
-
Also called: landing gear. the assembly of wheels, shock absorbers, struts, etc, that supports an aircraft on the ground and enables it to take off and land
-
the framework that supports the body of a vehicle, carriage, etc
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of undercarriage
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
A similar incident occurred at Gatwick in December 2022, when a man's body was found in the undercarriage of a Tui flight which had travelled from Banjul, The Gambia's capital.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
The catalytic converter, an exhaust emission control device typically found in the undercarriage of a vehicle, contains precious metals including rhodium, palladium and platinum.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2024
If you decide to use composite decking on a treated lumber undercarriage, read the installation instructions.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
Ingenuity arrived on Mars in the undercarriage of the Perseverance rover in February 2021.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
The undercarriage of the rover is taller than any of the rocks around here, and the hills are gently sloping affairs, smoothed by eons of sandstorms.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
I was not preparing to write about the tampered undercarriages of ski jumpers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
Cars would ride so close to the ground that any small shift in weight caused their undercarriages to scrape against the pavement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
France in January announced it would send another 12 Ceasar howitzers - manufactured by French group Nexter - to Ukraine, on top of the 18 it had previously shipped, boosting demand for the Arquus-made undercarriages.
From Reuters ● Apr. 7, 2023
On Tuesday, black-suited private security guards also ran mirrors around vehicles to check their undercarriages for explosives — a measure rarely seen in the Emirates.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
The master put the wagons and carriages in the shed and set Willie to cleaning the mud off wheels and undercarriages, and the sleds were brought out.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
