tailgate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt/

Noun

Britain US abbreviation alt-of ellipsis

A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading. / (Britain) The hinged rear door of a hatchback. / Either of the downstream gates in a canal lock.

Japanese Meaning

車両の後方にある、荷物の積み下ろし用に下げることができる蝶番付きの扉または蓋 / （英国における意味）ハッチバック車の後部にあるヒンジ付き扉 / 運河の水門の下流側にあるゲート

What is this buttons?

He folded down the tailgate to make a makeshift table for the picnic.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼はピクニック用の即席テーブルにするため、荷台の扉を倒した。

Details

Sense（1）

A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.

When they first attached tailgates to cars, we were hooked. By the 1970s, wagons with names like Vista Cruiser and Town & Country sported tailgates as big as dining tables.

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