Word.ws English Dictionary

tailwheel

tailwheel noun: a wheel attached to the tail of an aircraft that supports it when on the ground.

Noun

tailwheel (plural tailwheels)

  1. A wheel attached to the tail of an aircraft that supports it when on the ground.

tailwheel meaning in Tamil

tailwheel in Tamil

பின்சக்கரம்

Forms of tailwheel

pluraltailwheels

Origin of tailwheel

From tail + wheel.

Questions about tailwheel

What does tailwheel mean?
Tailwheel means a wheel attached to the tail of an aircraft that supports it when on the ground.
What is tailwheel in Tamil?
Tailwheel in Tamil is பின்சக்கரம். See Tailwheel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tailwheel?
Tailwheel is a noun.
What is the plural of tailwheel?
The plural of tailwheel is tailwheels.

Words near tailwheel in the dictionary

  1. tailwalks
  2. tailward
  3. tailwards
  4. tailwater
  5. tailwaters
  6. tailwheel
  7. tailwheels
  8. tailwhip
  9. tailwhips
  10. tailwind
  11. tailwinded

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tailwheel (page history and authors); tailwheel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “tailwheel.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tailwheel. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.