running gear

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running gear

noun running gears

  1. The wheels, suspension, steering, powertrain and usually the chassis of a motor vehicle.
  2. Those components of a railway vehicle that run passively on the rails, unlike those of the driving gear. Traditionally these are the wheels, axles, axle boxes, springs and vehicle frame.
  3. historical The wheels and axles of a carriage or other vehicle.

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noun wheels, suspension, steering, powertrain and chassis

Españoltren de conducción
DeutschFahrwerk
Русскийходова́я часть xodovája častʹ

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@misc{running_gear_2026,
  title = {running gear},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/running%20gear},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}