Underframe

Definitions

The supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a vehicle, etc.

Equivalents

Examples

“The main fuel tank is slung from the underframe midway between the two bogies, and its capacity of 420 gal. supplies both the main engine and the train⟳ heating boiler.”

“Each half-section of the battery weighs about eight tons, and the two underframes had to be strengthened to take⟳ this weight.”

“Nos. 5300/1, which were finished in January, are the Southern's first "4-EPB" units to the standard B.R. design⟳ on 63 ft. 5 in. underframes, as against the S.R. 62 ft.; [...].”

“The Liner train⟳ wagon is a simple underframe on bogies, with coned location points that engage⟳ recesses in the container bases.”

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