chassis
The base frame of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle.
Other meanings
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 kind of
- skeleton
Related words
- chassised
- chassisless
- hot chassis
- Thunderbolt chassis
Word history
From Latin "capsa" (case).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “chassis” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.