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noun

Chassis n. (Mil.)

A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. (See Gun carriage.)

The under part of an automobile or other motor vehicle, consisting of the frame (on which the body is mounted) with the wheels and machinery.

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Etymology of 'Chassis'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chassis" Quotes from Famous Books

... that M. Violet le Duc traces all the forms of Gothic tracery to the geometrical and practically serviceable development of the stone 'chassis,' chasing, or frame, for the glass. For instance, he attributes the use of the cusp or 'redent' in its more complex forms, to the necessity, or convenience, of diminishing the space of glass which the tracery grasps; and he attributes the reductions of the mouldings in the tracery ...

— Val d'Arno • John Ruskin

... to hope for what I dared not expect, we set off, again and again finding ourselves hard put to it to get the long chassis of the Gloria round sharp corners of narrow streets. More than once it could be done only by backing the car, a feat which was witnessed with cries of astonishment by a crowd of water-sellers with painted tin vessels, milkmen on donkey back, ...

— The Car of Destiny • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

... chassis of the machine with the travelers were placed a stock of canned goods, a pick and shovel and several hundred feet of fine but tough rope. A supply of water in stone jars and an extra stock of gasoline were also taken along. ...

— The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings • Margaret Burnham