bogie — ► NOUN (pl. bogies) chiefly Brit. 1) an undercarriage with four or six wheels pivoted beneath the end of a railway vehicle. 2) chiefly N. English a low truck on four small wheels. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
bogie — bogie1 [bō′gē; ] for 1, usually [ boog′ē] n. pl. bogies 1. BOGY ☆ 2. BOGEY (sense 2) bogie2 [bō′gē] n. pl. bogies [< N Brit dial.] … English World dictionary
Undercarriage — This article is about aircraft landing gear. For the Devin the Dude album, see Landing Gear. Undercarriage Undercarriage of a Boeing 777 300 … Wikipedia
Undercarriage arrangements — Below are featured the undercarriage (or landing gear) arrangements of several modern commercial jet airliners and large military aircraft.Types of undercarriage bogiesHere are some of the most standard and recognizable bogie types encountered on … Wikipedia
bogie — bo·gie || bəʊgɪ n. (British) wheeled undercarriage below a railway car … English contemporary dictionary
bogie — [ bəʊgi] noun (plural bogies) 1》 chiefly Brit. an undercarriage with four or six wheels pivoted beneath the end of a railway vehicle. ↘Indian a railway carriage. 2》 chiefly N. English a low truck on four small wheels. Origin C19 (orig. in… … English new terms dictionary
bogie — n. wheeled undercarriage of a rail vehicle; railway coach; truck for coal, etc … Dictionary of difficult words
bogie — n. esp. Brit. 1 a wheeled undercarriage pivoted below the end of a rail vehicle. 2 a small truck used for carrying coal, rubble, etc. Etymology: 19th c. north. dial. word: orig. unkn … Useful english dictionary
Rocker-bogie — The Rocker Bogie system is the suspension arrangement used in the Mars rovers (mechanical robot) for both the Mars Pathfinder and Mars Exploration Rover missions. It is currently NASA s favored design. [David P. Miller, Tze Liang Lee:… … Wikipedia
maxaret unit — Devices fitted on the aircraft braking system designed to prevent the locking of the wheels when the aircraft brakes are applied. The normal arrangement is to have a flywheel in contact with the landing wheel. When any of the landing wheels slows … Aviation dictionary
1979 Mississauga train derailment — The Mississauga train derailment of 1979 occurred on Saturday, November 10, 1979, in Canada, when a 106 car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario was derailed near the intersection of… … Wikipedia