bogie
1Automotive. (on a truck) a rear-wheel assembly composed of four wheels on two axles, either or both driving axles, so mounted as to support the rear of the truck body jointly.
Railroads. (in Britain) a truck that rotates about a central pivot under a locomotive or car.
British.
any low, strong, four-wheeled cart or truck, as one used by masons to move stones.
Origin of bogie
1Other definitions for bogie (2 of 2)
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How to use bogie in a sentence
Then, seeing the heaving bogies of the trucks, he leaned over the side of his own car and watched the metal wheels.
The Hero of Panama | F. S. BreretonShe was caught by camera-bogies on every shopping expedition, at the steeplechases, at the weddings of other people—everywhere.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesWith unflagging patience he fended bogies from the youngster.
The Sheriff's Son | William MacLeod RaineThis carriage is made on bogies so as to run on rails passing easily round curves of 50 ft. radius.
"I believe you are afraid of the bogies hidden in this secret chamber, and so don't care to come," says Miss Villiers tauntingly.
The Haunted Chamber | "The Duchess"
British Dictionary definitions for bogie (1 of 2)
bogy
/ (ˈbəʊɡɪ) /
an assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach. It provides flexibility on curves
mainly British a small railway truck of short wheelbase, used for conveying coal, ores, etc
a Scot word for soapbox (def. 3)
Origin of bogie
1British Dictionary definitions for bogie (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbəʊɡɪ) /
a variant spelling of bogey 2
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