Meaning of landing gear | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft; its undercarriage.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any of the assemblies which support an aircraft when it is on the ground.
   countable
3. 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.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Modern landing gear usually has a tricycle configuration.”

“Boeing had a problem of too much landing gear”

“The comparison between the tricycle and tail-skid type⟳ of landing gears is a case in point⟳.”

“Large modern commercial aircraft have⟳ a nose landing gear and two main landing gears.”

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