undercartn.
/ˈʌndəkɑːt/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌkɑrt/ slang.
= undercarriage n. b.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > landing gear
alighting gear1908
landing gear1911
undercarriage1911
gear1931
undercart1934
tricycle undercarriage1937
main gear1958
1934 Popular Flying Sept. 295 (caption) The British Klemm ‘Eagle’..going great guns, with undercart out of the way.
1939 J. L. Rhys World owes me Living xvi. 244 We've got de-icers, variable pitch airscrews, retractable undercart.
1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway v. 127 Honey had ruined a Reindeer at Gander by pulling up its under~cart.
1958 ‘J. Castle’ & A. Hailey Flight into Danger vii. 103 Look, Janet, I think you'd better work the under~cart lever and call off the air-speed as the wheels come down.
1963 J. Lusby in ‘B. James’ Austral. Short Stories 225 Do remember that release-tit on the undercart-lever.
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