underframe

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Noun

underframe - the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"

skeletal frame, skeleton, frame

aircraft - a vehicle that can fly

building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"

chassis - the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor

hoop - a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt

ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight

supporting structure - a structure that serves to support something

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[the body] was being taken out from the train's underframe. So, there will be a little delay on this section till the track is cleared," the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said in a statement here.

Man commits suicide by jumping in front of metro train in Delhi

The original underframe, superstructure, bogies, body, and locomotive control system were designed to withstand the African climate.

First locomotive to be manufactured in Africa

The 2730 delivers improved residue flow by increasing the overall frame length, underframe clearance, and fore-aft spacing of the ripper shanks.

2730 Combination Ripper

Designed with a four-point underframe and 10-tonne ballasting, the SENNEBOGEN 825 is stable, despite its long reach.

Scrapyard enlists the long arm of the SENNEBOGEN

The alert driver swiftly applied the Emergency Break ( EB) and the man was taken out from underframe with head injuries."

Man dies on Metro track

In an instant the underframe of the lower car rode over the bogie car's platform, stove in the vestibule and pushed the controller right into the saloon.

Death in the fog; Ray Marshall takes a look at the electric trams which were a familiar sight to workers in factories and shipyards along the Tyne

The frames comprise a concealed underframe to which legs in matt, shot-blasted stainless steel are attached by means of hidden screw fittings.

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Further trains could be used on services to Crewe and Birmingham if cracks discovered in the underframe of FNW's fleet of Class 323 force their withdrawal.

Gloom on the tracks for region's travellers

We discovered small cracks on the underframe, but the other trains remain in service.

Cracks in under-frame of 'newish' coaches used on cross-city lines

The grandstands' underframe is made from galvanised steel sections with components supplied by HAP to form the aluminium top deck, bench seat and back.