chassis
noun
[ ˈʃasi ]
• the base frame of a car, carriage, or other wheeled vehicle.
Similar:
framework,
frame,
skeleton,
shell,
casing,
structure,
substructure,
bodywork,
body,
fuselage,
hull,
keel,
anatomy,
carcass,
Origin:
early 20th century: from French châssis ‘frame’, based on Latin capsa ‘box’ (see case2).
