chassis

Etymology

Borrowed from French châssis, from châsse, from Latin capsa (“case”).

noun

  1. A base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward.
  2. The base frame of a motor vehicle.
    The door being open, Stranleigh walked in unannounced. A two-seated runabout[…]stood by the window, where it could be viewed by passers-by. Further down the room rested a chassis, … . 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 2, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
  3. A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer.
  4. (slang) A woman's buttocks.

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