A variant or alternative spelling of chassis, the framework of a vehicle or electronic device.
A variant spelling of chassis, which comes from French chassis meaning 'frame,' derived from the verb chasser meaning 'to hold' or 'to drive.' The form 'chass' is an archaic or alternative form.
The word 'chassis' has a tricky plural—sometimes it's 'chassis' and sometimes 'chassises'—showing how French loanwords create spelling chaos in English even centuries after we borrowed them.
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