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‖ chassis|ˈʃæsɪ, tʃ-|
Pl. chassis |ˈʃæsiːz|.
[F. châssis frame, app. f. chas, late L. capsum, -us, ‘locus inclusus’; the suffix belongs to L. type -īcius, It. -iccio, Sp. -izo. Hence shashes, shasses, now sashes: see sash; also Sc. chess window-frame.]
1.
†a. A wooden frame-work that can be fitted with paper, linen, glass, etc.; a window-frame; a sash. Obs.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 224 Open all the Windows from ten in the Morning till three in the Afternoon: Then closing the Double-sheets, (or Chasses rather) continue a gentle Heat. 1693― De la Quint. Compl. Gard. 5 These Windows should also be fitted within side of the House, with Chassis of doubled Paper, that is, by glewing the Sheets on both sides of the Frame; and without this, another Chassis of Glass. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. li. 414 Chassis or Paper-Windows. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. 15 The tumid bladder bounds at every kick, bursts the withstanding casements, the chassys, lanterns, and all the brittle vitrious ware.
b. spec. = stretcher n. 4 b.
1934H. Hiler Notes on Technique of Painting i. 25 As to the chassis or stretchers, they should (on any but the smallest pictures) always be of the sort which are provided with keys.
2. The base-frame, forming the lower part of the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun, on which it can be slid backward and forward.
1869Times 18 Jan., In all firing the chassis rails should be well sanded.
3. The base frame of a motor car, with its mechanism, as distinguished from the body or upper part; also, in an aeroplane.
1903Sci. Amer. 20 June 472/1 The motor is placed in the center of the chassis and the boiler is now quite in the rear. 1904A. B. F. Young Compl. Motorist v. 149 The frame of the chassis is the ordinary pressed steel frame as generally used on a petrol car. 1909A. Berget Conquest of Air v. 211 The whole apparatus rests upon a running chassis for launching, and to ensure descent without shock. 1910R. Ferris How it Flies xx. 458 Chassis, the under-structure or ‘running-gear’ of an aeroplane. 1924Motor 21 Oct. 583/1 The baffling diversity in methods of chassis construction. 1967M. Procter Exercise Hoodwink ii. 15 This discovery..led to a search for engine and chassis numbers.
4. transf. The body of a person or animal. slang.
1930Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves! iv. 101 ‘Did he seem very fond of her?’ ‘Couldn't take his eyes off the chassis.’ 1948A. C. Smith in B. Vesey-Fitzgerald Bk. of Dog ii. 409 This whimsical, odd-looking, little dog [sc. the dachshund], with his low-hung chassis.
5. The frame on which the parts of a radio receiver are mounted; also, the assemblage of parts on the frame, excluding the cabinet or housing.
1931Moyer & Wostrel Radio Constr. (ed. 3) xix. 361 The first step in assembling the television receiver is to attach to the frame or chassis..a type No. 216 socket. 1940Amat. Radio Handbk. (ed. 2) iv. 68/2 Superheterodynes where a metal chassis or separately screened stages are most desirable. Ibid., These boxes should be insulated from one another except where earthed to the chassis. 1942Electronic Engin. XV. 238 In some receivers the chassis consists of an intricate die-cast framework, bolted to the panel casting. 1945Ibid. XVII. 554 Fig. 3 shows the chassis removed from the cabinet.
6. Comb. (sense 3) chassisless adj.
1951Engineering 26 Oct. 533/2 Models are of ‘chassisless’ construction, the single-unit steel body giving..torsional stiffness. 1959Motor 30 Sept. 234/1 This is a chassisless all-steel car. |