tricycle gear

A form of tricycle landing gear — A common aircraft undercarriage design resembling a tricycle, with one or two wheels at the nose and two main wheels aft of the center of gravity, typically under or behind the wings.

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Meanings

nountricycle gear (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationellipsisuncountableEllipsis of tricycle landing gear.
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APA

tricycle gear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricycle%20gear

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tricycle gear,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricycle%20gear.

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