undercarriage

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"I don't know whether a tire ran over the baby or the undercarriage is what caused the injury," said Officer Rob Corral.

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  1. noun A supporting framework or structure, as for the body of a motor vehicle.
  2. noun The landing gear of an aircraft.

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  • I lower my undercarriage, my landing flaps, and am down before the Mustang formation has time to turn round and attack. —  THE BANTAM WAR BOOK SERIES
  • So he headed down the drive, hearing the tall grass dragging along the undercarriage, and brambles and branches scratching both sides of the car. —  Memory of Fire by Holly Lisle
  • Rocks must have torn the undercarriage, causing a leak in the fuel tank. —  Chapter 1
  • There is a leak in the pressure line to the undercarriage, and I cannot get the right wheel retracted. —  I Flew For The Führer
  • It was a neat monoplane with retractable undercarriage, an enclosed cockpit and four machine-guns. —  The Narrow Margin
 

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