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underframe - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun noun car-building , the massive pressed steel or wooden framework which forms the base of a car and is designed to resist the strains to which the car is subjected in starting and stopping, and to support the car-body, which is rigidly attached to it and adds to its strength.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun supporting structure of a piece of furniture
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noun
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The seat is not permanently fixed to the underframe , but the inner ring in the seat fits over the outer ring of the underframe so that the chair can be tilted into the desired position by the user.
The Drops Chair by Camilla Hounsell Halvorsen 2009
The seat can also be removed from the underframe for use as a pouffe.
The Drops Chair by Camilla Hounsell Halvorsen 2009
Then, returning to the bed, I clasped it by its underframe and, with a grunt of effort, dragged it towards the center of the room until the loosened board was fully exposed.
Nevermore Harold Schechter 1999
M, is of the internal pole type, and is supported on the underframe of the wagon.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Various
The underframe is provided with spring axle boxes, and also with spring buffers and drawbars.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Various
For gages of 20 inches and upward the motors can be mounted on springs and attached to the running axles inside of the wagon underframe .
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Various
Its place was then supplied by other and better vehicles, — though they were no other than old stage-coach bodies purchased by the company, and each mounted upon an underframe with flange-wheels.
Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles 1858
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Rational Review 2009
However, an NTSB report on a 2004 red line crash that injured 20 said the failure of the underframe end structure on the 1000-series cars "may make them susceptible to 'telescoping' and potentially [result in] a catastrophic compromise of the occupant-survival space."
The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines <StaffMember: Gary Emerling> 2009
Kathy contacted the show about the "underframe of a boxcar in our basement," she recalls.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local editor@denverpost.com (<B>By Claire Walter </B> 2009
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