Synonyms for chassis

Grammar : Noun

Spell : chas-ee, -is, shas-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃæs i, -ɪs, ˈʃæs i

Définition of chassis

Origin : "base frame of an automobile," 1903, American English; earlier "window frame" (1660s), from French châssis "frame," Old French chassiz (13c.) "frame, framework, setting," from chasse "case, box, eye socket, snail's shell, setting (of a jewel)," from Latin capsa "box, case;" see case (n.2) + French -is, collective suffix for a number of parts taken together. Cf. sash (n.2).

noun framework

Example sentences :

Jason carefully set the parts out on the chassis before he spoke.
Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison

Hugh gripped the side of the chassis as the secret was mentioned.
Extract from : « King of Ranleigh » by F. S. (Frederick Sadlier) Brereton

So long as the car body would stand on the chassis it was not repaired.
Extract from : « The Iron Ration » by George Abel Schreiner

It was a large wagon with a sort of house built on the chassis.
Extract from : « Ticktock and Jim » by Keith Robertson

You have slept at the wheel and in the chassis, after hours of work.
Extract from : « Our Part in the Great War » by Arthur Gleason

But the majority of what they did not dare trust to the gas-bag they carried in the chassis.
Extract from : « The Boy Aviators in Africa » by Wilbur Lawton

We started out like regular racers, just the chassis, savey?
Extract from : « Three Soldiers » by John Dos Passos

On these wooden rails was the chassis of a Ford car, and we rode in state.
Extract from : « Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North » by Fullerton Waldo

His demeanor had completely changed since he had climbed into the chassis.
Extract from : « The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly » by Margaret Burnham

A chassis, suitable for a 71⁄2 horse-power quick-speed, two-cylinder motor, is shown in Fig. 227.
Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out » by Fred T. Hodgson

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