skid vs trunnion

skid

noun
  • A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose. 

  • A ski-shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels. 

  • A runner of a sled. 

  • (also losing skid) A losing streak. 

  • Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it when handling cargo. 

  • A basic platform for the storage and transport of goods, machinery or equipment, later developed into the pallet. 

  • One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, such as a boat or barrel. 

  • A banked sideslip where the aircraft's nose is yawed towards the low wing, often due to excessive rudder input. 

  • A stepchild. 

  • A script kiddie. 

  • An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car. 

  • A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill. 

verb
  • To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing. 

  • To protect or support with a skid or skids. 

  • To cause to move on skids. 

  • To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid. 

  • (of a wheel, sled runner, or vehicle tracks) To slide along the ground, without the rotary motion that wheels or tracks would normally have. 

  • To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning. 

trunnion

noun
  • A shaft, held by a bearing, at each end or side of a rotatable object. 

  • A similar rotational bearing comprising a rotating arc or ring sliding in the groove of a stationary arc, used in machinery to allow a workpiece to be moved relative to a fixed tool. 

  • A similar rotational bearing used in automotive suspensions. 

  • One of the short stubby bearings on either side of a cannon; a gudgeon. 

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