[UNDER-1 5 b.] The substructure of a railway-carriage, forming the frame on which the body rests.
1855. D. K. Clark, Railway Mach., I. 266. The underframe is the foundation of the vehicle, as the frame is that of the locomotive.
1839. G. Findlay, Eng. Railway, 105. The underframes of these carriages are constructed of steel.
So Under-framing.
1862. Chambers’s Encycl., III. 93. The body of the Coach is made by one set of workmen, the under-framing by another.
1898. Daily News, 11 Oct., 8/1. We have acquired a sufficient store in our own reservoirs, stowed away in the under-framing.
