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Webster 1913 Edition


Chassis

Chas′sis

,
Noun.
[F.
châssis
.]
(Mil.)
1.
A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See
Gun carriage
.]

Definition 2024


Chassis

Chassis

See also: chassis and châssis

German

Noun

Chassis n (genitive Chassis, plural Chassis)

  1. (automotive) chassis

Declension

Synonyms

chassis

chassis

See also: Chassis and châssis

English

Alternative forms

Noun

chassis (plural chassis)

  1. A base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward.
  2. The base frame of a motor vehicle.
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 2, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
      The door being open, Stranleigh walked in unannounced. A two-seated runabout [] stood by the window, where it could be viewed by passers-by. Further down the room rested a chassis, … .
  3. A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer.
  4. (slang) A woman's buttocks.

Translations


French

Noun

chassis m (plural chassis)

  1. (Acadian, Louisiana) window

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French châssis

Noun

chassis n (definite singular chassiset, indefinite plural chassis or chassiser, definite plural chassisa or chassisene)

  1. a chassis (underframe, especially of a vehicle)

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French châssis

Noun

chassis n (definite singular chassiset, indefinite plural chassis, definite plural chassisa)

  1. a chassis (underframe)

References


Swedish

Noun

chassis

  1. indefinite genitive singular of chassi