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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
undercarriage
noun
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▪ As he pushed the nose down for the final approach, he extended down the undercarriage.
▪ He came in too fast and had to swing to avoid something at the end of his run - the undercarriage collapsed.
▪ I would not relish a low-level left-engine-out go-around since the undercarriage can not be raised and single-engine gear-down climb would be earth-tangential.
▪ Others were already wriggling around in the Alice's undercarriage, zeroing in on the inlets.
▪ The control tower confirmed that the pilot was going to attempt to land and that the aircraft's undercarriage was indeed jammed.
▪ The critical stage would be when he lowered his undercarriage.
▪ The dark red Seneca changed profile as the undercarriage cycled down.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
undercarriage

1794, from under + carriage (n.). Meaning "landing gear of an aircraft" is recorded from 1911.

Wiktionary
undercarriage

n. 1 The supporting structural framework of a vehicle. 2 the landing gear of an aircraft 3 (context euphemistic English) the male genitalia

WordNet
undercarriage

n. framework that serves as a support for the body of a vehicle

Wikipedia
Undercarriage

Undercarriage is the part of a moving vehicle that is underneath the main body of the vehicle. The term originally applied to this part of a horse-drawn carriage, and usage has since broadened to include:

  • The landing gear of an aircraft.
  • The chassis of an automobile.
  • The undercarriage assembly of a train car or locomotive incorporating the train wheel sets, suspension, brakes and, in powered units, the traction motors
  • The tractor treads of a tractor or tank.
  • The underframe of a locomotive

Usage examples of "undercarriage".

Harlem, Remo found the longest Cadillac with the furriest seats and the most purple lights slung to the undercarriage.

That cumbersome black undercarriage and two pairs of elongated, limp tarsi and a pair of flaccid palps should by rights drag them back down to earth and thus evolutionary annihilation.

Ronald was given a push in the turtleback which almost knocked him off his undercarriage.

The undercarriage included rubber bungees which had a catapulting effect if you landed too fast or too hard, bouncing you back into the air like a rubber ball.

The four dustpan-shaped dredge heads beneath its undercarriage scooped up nodules and fed them through semicircular tubes into its diffusers, which sifted out the silt and spat it out through vents behind the machine, leaving behind a small bin of nodules.

The widely spaced legs of the undercarriage made contact, their pads tilted according to the contours of the ground, and the whole ship rocked slightly for a second as the shock absorbers neutralized the residual energy of impact.

The Russians had strengthened the undercarriage, added an arrester hook and some avionics that roughly matched the Tomcat's ILS and ACLS gear.

With a screech of tearing metal and splintering wood the undercarriage was ripped away by the topmost branches of a tall Corsican pine, the trunk spearing into the cockpit.

One of the watchtowers reported sighting an unfamiliar darkship sliding down the valley of the east fork of the Hainlin, traveling so low its undercarriage almost dragged the snow.

The exhaust pipe hung down from the undercarriage and was held in place with rusted wire.

It was a Model T chassis with two motorcycle tires on the front, two tractor tires on the back, what looked like a half-dozen hooked-together lawnmower engines, and an undercarriage made up of chicken wire and friction tape.

Thinking quickly, Hunter swerved and fired his cannon straight into the guts of the MiG keying in on Wa, ripping away the enemy's right wheel undercarriage and perforating its mid-fuselage fuel tank.

The headlamps successively illuminated two small hangars, a narrow, cleared runway stretching into the distance and, finally, a bullet-riddled Mosquito bomber with a crumpled undercarriage.

He could now see the overturned Scout, its wheels and undercarriage covered with fresh snow.

I was watching a Hurricane, whose tail appeared to be badly damaged and whose undercarriage had failed to work, coming slowly in to a pancake landing.