undercarriage
Americannoun
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undercarriages
plural
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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.
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the portions of an aircraft that are below the body.
noun
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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
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the framework that supports the body of a vehicle, carriage, etc
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The interviewees who didn’t want to be filmed are played by actors, including executive producer Emma Thompson wedged between an undercarriage and pavement as the unidentified van protester.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Emergency services were called after the discovery was made in the undercarriage of an Air Arabia flight which arrived from Tangier at about 11.45 BST on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
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
“And I guess it helps when your undercarriage is three feet off the ground,” she said, patting Dodger’s tummy.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
I was not preparing to write about the tampered undercarriages of ski jumpers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
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
Bennett was among dozens of people who complained about the rats that regularly chew up through the undercarriages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
The grain is then reloaded into wagons on different trains, or the wagons are lifted onto narrower undercarriages, all of which takes time and limits how much can be exported.
From Reuters ● May 26, 2022
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
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