noun
bogie
BOH-gee
noun
1
A set of wheels and axles mounted as a unit beneath a railway car, locomotive, or aircraft to support and stabilize it.
"Engineers inspected the train's bogies after the derailment."
How to Use Bogie
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe wheeled undercarriage assembly beneath a train car or aircraft.
UK vs US
Chiefly British/railway engineering terminology; American English more often just says "wheel truck."
Word Forms
bogies plural, bogies plural, bogies plural
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Etymology
A dialectal word from Northern England of unknown origin, unrelated to "bogey" the ghost.