landing gear en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft.
The comparison between the tricycle and tail-skid type of landing gears is a case in point.
1968, Astronautics & Aeronautics, volume 6, page 4:Modern landing gear usually has a tricycle configuration.
Boeing had a problem of too much landing gear
1954, “Where Do All the Wheels Go on a B-52?”, in American Aviation, volume 18, page 42:
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(countable) Any of the assemblies which support an aircraft when it is on the ground.
Large modern commercial aircraft have a nose landing gear and two main landing gears.
- (countable, uncountable) The bipod stand found near the front end underneath a truck trailer, used to keep the trailer level when not attached to a tractor truck.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| landing gears | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Deriveds
quadricycle landing gear · tricycle landing gear · tandem landing gear · bicycle landing gear
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Translations (19)
pt trem de aterragem (undercarriage) · ru шасси́ лета́тельного аппара́та (undercarriage) · tr iniş takımı (undercarriage) · da landingsstel (undercarriage) · fi laskuteline (undercarriage) · sv landningsställ (undercarriage) · sv landställ (undercarriage) · es tren de aterrizaje (undercarriage) · pt trem de pouso (undercarriage) · ro tren de aterizare (undercarriage) · hu futómű (undercarriage) · it carrello d'atterraggio (undercarriage) · is lendingarbúnaður (undercarriage) · nb understell (undercarriage) · nl landingsgestel (undercarriage) · de Fahrwerk (undercarriage) · fr train d'atterrissage (undercarriage) · nn understell (undercarriage) · pl podwozie (undercarriage)