main gear

noun

The primary landing gear of an aircraft, generally located slightly behind the aircraft's center of mass (or slightly ahead of it on a taildragger aircraft) and carrying the majority of the aircraft's weight.

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Meanings

nounmain gear (countable and uncountable, plural main gears)

plural main gears · alternative maingear

  1. countableuncountableaeronauticsThe primary landing gear of an aircraft, generally located slightly behind the aircraft's center of mass (or slightly ahead of it on a taildragger aircraft) and carrying the majority of the aircraft's weight.
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APA

main gear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/main%20gear

MLA

“main gear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/main%20gear. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “main gear,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/main%20gear.

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