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A two-wheel drive vehicle/
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(automotive) Initialism of four-wheel drive. [A four-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four wheels to receive torque from the engine simultaneously.]
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(automotive) A four-wheel vehicle with four-wheel drive.
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(automotive) A four-wheeled vehicle with four-wheel drive and four-wheel steering.
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(automotive) an eight-wheeled vehicle with eight-wheel drive and eight-wheeled steering, each wheel has powered drive, and each axle is steerable. (Abbreviation of 8 wheel steering with 8 drive wheels on 8 wheels.)
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A large assortment of cables, suspended above the ground at a minesite or quarry, used to transport tools and equipment over rough territory.
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Having a transmission that drives all wheels, particularly where power is directed to the wheels with the best contact with the ground.
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A wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all wheels to receive torque from the engine simultaneously, particularly where power is directed to the wheels with the best contact with the ground.
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Of a vehicle, composed of component parts each with its own wheels and chassis, e.g. an articulated lorry, articulated bus, or certain kinds of streetcars and trains.
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(automotive) Initialism of all-wheel drive. [A wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all wheels to receive torque from the engine simultaneously, particularly where power is directed to the wheels with the best contact with the ground.]
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The part of the framing of a railway car or truck by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically.
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Driven from a revolving axle, such as on a moving rail vehicle.
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(US) A low-riding tricycle with a large front wheel.
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(cycling) A bicycle part that connects the crankset (chainset) to the frame and allows the crankset to rotate freely.
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That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.
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The collective replacement parts used to repair an automobile's worn down brakes.
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The front and rear distribution of braking power. The brake bias should match the traction of the vehicle while braking.
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Consumable surfaces in brake systems, such as drum brakes and disc brakes used in transport vehicles.
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(rail transport) A hard friction-producing element which is pressed against the tread of a wheel to provide braking.
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(cycling) On a bicycle, a lever that combines brake and gear shifter functions.
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A trailer having only a single axle or group of axles, positioned at or near the centre of gravity.
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(in combinations) having a particular type of chassis
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The act of disengaging the gears of a moving vehicle and rolling along without the use of engine power.
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A connecting piece between the front and back axles of a wagon or trailer, often equipped with pins for extending or shortening the bed.
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Alternative form of cross-tie [(rail transport) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.]
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(automotive, mechanical engineering) Steering by means of driving the wheels or treads on one side of a vehicle faster than those on the other side, or driving the wheels or treads on one side in the forward and on the other side in the reverse direction.
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(automotive) The drivetrain minus the engine and transmission
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An axle which transfers power to a powered wheel from an engine, as in a steam locomotive.
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(automotive) The Ferrari FF (Ferrari Four), an all-wheel drive grand tourer by Ferrari.
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A bicycle that does not have a freewheel, and only has a single gear ratio.
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Alternative spelling of four-on-the-floor [(motor vehicles) A four-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle.]
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A four-wheel-drive vehicle with a four-speed transmission.
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Any four-stroke cycle, such as the Otto cycle, for an internal combustion engine.
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(slang, informal) An Audi automobile, in reference to the logo which is four interconnected rings.
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A four-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four wheels to receive torque from the engine simultaneously.
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(automotive) four-wheel drive when used as an attributive adjective.
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Engine layout in motor vehicles where only the front wheels are driven.
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(automotive) Initialism of front-wheel drive. [Engine layout in motor vehicles where only the front wheels are driven.]
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Alternative form of gear train [(mechanical engineering) A system of interconnected gears.]
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(cycling) A complete set of matching bicycle drive control components, including brake calipers, cranks, chainrings, bottom bracket, etc.
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A vehicle combining both wheels and treads (caterpillar tracks).
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(rail transport) A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe, also used on some bogies.
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(automotive) A vehicle equipped with such a motor engine.
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A wheelless axle used to turn the wheels of a locomotive.
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(UK) Alternative form of liftshaft. [(UK) The vertical shaft in a building which contains a lift (elevator) platform or cab, and through which it is moved from floor to floor.]
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Having the engine between the rear and front axles (in a motor vehicle).
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Equipped with a motor.
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(automotive) A system for reducing the driver's effort to steer, by using a power source to assist in turning the wheels.
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(cycling) A rod in an internal gear hub that actuates the shifting mechanism.
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Engine layout in motor vehicles where only the rear wheels are driven.
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The amount of tractive force located where the driving wheels contact the surface on which they travel.
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Alternative form of rod for one's back [(idiomatic) The means of one's own punishment or downfall.]
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(automotive) rear-wheel drive
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The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
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To level a road using a steamroller.
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(vehicles) A four-wheeled vehicle in which only two of the wheels receive power from the engine.
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The part of a car or truck under the fender, where the wheel has space to turn.
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Alternative form of wheel arch [The shaped part of the bodywork of a car or other vehicle that allows the wheel to be accessed, and in the case of front wheels, enable them to be steered.]
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(in combination) Having the specified kind of wheelbase.
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(informal) Having characteristics of a wheel.
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Alternative form of zipline [A pulley suspended on a cable mounted on an incline, designed to enable a user to travel from one point to another by means of gravity.]
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