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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 958 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHASSIS (Fr. chassis, a
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frame, from the
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Late.
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Lat. capsum, an enclosed space)
, properly a window-
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frame, from which is derived the word "
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sash "; also the movable traversing frame of a
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gun, and more particularly that
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part of a motor vehicle consisting of the wheels, frame and machinery, on which the
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body or
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carriage part rests .

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