0 a low framework on wheels, put under another vehicle such as a rail carriage so it can move:
1 something that causes fear in many people, often without reason:
He has raised the bogie of "privatization", striking a nationalist chord with many.
2 in golf, the act of getting the ball into the hole in one shot (= hit) more than par (= the expected number) for that hole:
3 (in golf) to score a bogie for a particular hole:
He bogied three of the last five holes.
The fastest railway wheels in the world are on a new bogie developed by a German company.
Each of Eurostar's carriages shares a common bogie, making the entire train more rigid than a traditional one.
This season Gloucester have banished their away-form bogie and are going to be tough to beat.
Again, the long and heavy bogie Pullman and other coaches have the reputation among drivers, rightly or wrongly, of being hard to pull.
As already mentioned, the hind part of the carriage rests upon two wheels, the front part being, as already mentioned, supported on the engine bogie.
The coupling is effected by bolts close to the engine, and the car is drawn entirely by means of the bogie pin of the hind bogie.
The locomotive of the Great Northern has a leading four-wheeled bogie, which considerably increases the steadiness of the engine, and counterbalances the disturbing effect of outside cylinders.