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LANDING SKID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does landing skid mean? 

LANDING SKID (noun)
  The noun LANDING SKID has 1 sense:

1. one of two parts of the landing gear of a helicopterplay

  Familiarity information: LANDING SKID used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LANDING SKID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two parts of the landing gear of a helicopter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("landing skid" is a kind of...):

landing gear (an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground)

Holonyms ("landing skid" is a part of...):

chopper; eggbeater; helicopter; whirlybird (an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades)


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