English Explanatory Dictionary

monocoque

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A structure design in which the frame and body are built as a single integrated structure.

Word forms

monocoque monocoques

Etymology

First attested in 1914: from the French monocoque.

Related words

chassis unibody

Derived words

semi-monocoque
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