Beneath the snow, and after we had left it behind, the road was as greasy as vaseline, as steep as a scenic railway, and often not a yard wider than the lorry’s wheelbase.
Source: wiktionary
Wheelbase
Synonyms for "wheelbase"
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Translations
10 translations across 7 languages.
Czech
1 entries- rozvor noun (distance btw. axles)
Finnish
1 entries- akseliväli noun (distance btw. axles)
French
1 entries- empattement noun (distance btw. axles)
German
3 entries- Achsabstand noun (distance btw. axles)
- Achsstand noun (distance btw. axles)
- Radstand noun (distance btw. axles)
Greek
1 entries- μεταξόνιο noun (distance btw. axles)
Russian
1 entries- колёсная ба́за noun (distance btw. axles)
Spanish
2 entries- batalla noun (distance btw. axles)
- distancia entre ejes noun (distance btw. axles)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The Southern acquired them because the little Class "B4" 0-4-0 tanks were finding heavy modern rolling stock more and more of a handful, and at war's end the railway had nothing of suitable power but short wheelbase on its books to take their place on the more tortuous of the dock lines.
Source: wiktionary
He thought the types of wagons planned (short-wheelbase types) needed reassessment.
Source: wiktionary
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