"truck beam" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: truck beams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} truck beam (plural truck beams)
  1. (aviation) A fore-and-aft horizontal beam at the lower end of the gear strut of a multi-axle landing gear bogie, upon which are mounted the multiple axles of the bogie. Categories (topical): Aviation

Inflected forms

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