chassis
Meanings
noun
- The base frame of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle.
- A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer.
- A base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward.
- A woman's buttocks.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French châssis, from châsse, from Latin capsa (“case”).
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