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How to use underframe in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Underframe means the supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a vehicle, etc. Example: “The main fuel tank is slung from the underframe midway between the two bogies, and its capacity of 420 gal. supplies both the main engine and the train heating boiler.”

Examples of underframe by meaning

nounThe supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a vehicle, etc.

  • The main fuel tank is slung from the underframe midway between the two bogies, and its capacity of 420 gal. supplies both the main engine and the train heating boiler.1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781
  • Each half-section of the battery weighs about eight tons, and the two underframes had to be strengthened to take this weight.1958 June, “First Battery Railcars on B.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 419
  • The Liner train wagon is a simple underframe on bogies, with coned location points that engage recesses in the container bases.1964 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The BRB shows traders the Liner train prototypes”, in Modern Railways, page 265

More sentences with underframe

  • Southern officers are conceding that the operation may involve stripping right down to underframes.1964 November, “The Electrification of BR: 5 The Southern's Bournemouth scheme”, in Modern Railways, page 321. From the entry strip down
  • The lead-acid batteries are mounted beneath the underframe in two parts, one either side of locomotive.1962 December, “The B.R. standard diesel-electric Type 1 locomotive”, in Modern Railways, pages 381–382. From the entry lead-acid
  • They are mounted on bedplates which are flexibly mounted to the underframe.1958 April, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265. From the entry bedplate
  • The underframe also carries four bonded-rubber mountings, focused upwards and inwards towards the centre of gravity to suspend the body shell.1958 April, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275. From the entry suspend
  • The steel skin covering the framing is welded to it and to the underframe, forming a boxlike construction.1958 September, “Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 601. From the entry boxlike
  • In the rebuilding no alterations have been made to the queen-post underframes except to add the subframe carrying the engine-transmission group.1958 May, “Diesel Railcars for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 354. From the entry subframe
  • The electro-pneumatic contactor equipment is arranged in four groups, each contained in a removable dust-tight steel box suspended from the underframe.1956 December, “New Electric Trains for Mersey Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 852. From the entry dust-tight
  • For rigidity, two bulkheads are provided which are welded to the sides and underframe and which separate the cabs from the engine room.1958 September, “Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 601. From the entry bulkhead
  • An all-welded, box section underframe, incorporating box girders which run the full length of the locomotive, is welded to stress-bearing bodysides with partition walls forming reinforcing cross members.1962 June, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.: A 3,000 h.p. diesel-hydraulic from MaK”, in Modern Railways, page 416. From the entry box girder
  • Propane gas is used for cooking and cylinder containers are placed to one side of the underframe, with battery boxes and electrical control boxes at the other side.1960 April, “Restaurant cars and multiple-units”, in Trains Illustrated, page 222. From the entry propane

Meaning of underframe

  1. noun The supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a vehicle, etc.

Full definition of underframe

Questions about underframe in a sentence

How do you use underframe in a sentence?
Underframe is used as a noun. For example: “The main fuel tank is slung from the underframe midway between the two bogies, and its capacity of 420 gal. supplies both the main engine and the train heating boiler.”
What is a short sentence with underframe?
“They are mounted on bedplates which are flexibly mounted to the underframe.”
What does underframe mean?
Underframe means the supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a vehicle, etc.

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