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running gear

n.
The working parts of an automobile, locomotive, or other vehicle.
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run′ning gear`


n.
the working components of a vehicle that are not used to develop or transmit power.
[1655–65, Amer.]
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Running gear

One of the major components of a horsedrawn wagon. It consisted of the wheels, axles, Hawns, Tongue, Bolsters, and Coupling pole (reach). See the Hawns entry for a sketch of the running gear.
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Not one was able to bear a hand, so Charley and I between us cleared the badly tangled running gear, got up sail, and hoisted anchor.
Their teeth, I should judge, they had cut on the ends of her running gear. I have many times observed the baby Hermann (Nicholas) en gaged in gnawing the whipping of the fore-royal brace.
True, the wind itself tore our canvas out of the gaskets, jerked out our topmasts, and made a raffle of our running gear, but still we would have come through nicely had we not been square in front of the advancing storm center.
M2 PRESSWIRE-August 2, 2019-: World Running Gear Market Projected to Rise at a CAGR of Approx 6% Over 2019-2024
March for Change, a network of pro-Europe grassroots groups behind the demonstration, said the Boris Blimp featured Mr Johnson's "fauxdishevelled hairstyle and the mismatched running gear favoured for his doorstep photo-ops".
Michigan, US-based trailer running gear and chassis assemblies company DexKo Global Inc has acquired Australia-based Preston Chassis Industries Pty Ltd through its wholly-owned Australian subsidiary AL-KO International Pty Ltd., the company said.
DexKo Global Inc., a company involved in highly engineered trailer running gear and chassis assemblies and related components, has acquired Preston Chassis Industries Pty Ltd through its wholly-owned Australian subsidiary, AL-KO International Pty Ltd.
The marathon's running gear, medals, and trophies all featured depictions of deers.
A grandmother who suffered a stroke while on holiday in the North East has praised her "exceptional"NHScare - including a surgeon who returned to hospital six hours later in his running gear to check on her.
A GRANDMOTHER who suffered a stroke while on holiday in the North East has praised her "exceptional" NHS care - including a surgeon returning to hospital six hours later in his running gear to check on her.
He said: "I had brought my running gear with me, so I could have a run on the beach, and a pair of Union Jack shorts which I wore.