body in black
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined in reference to body in white.
- (carbon fibre composite): Blend of black + body in white. From the fact that carbon fibre reinforced composites are typically black in colour, and not whitish (bare wood, bare metal, gray primer coat)
- (body shell): From being the skin of the vehicle, opposite to the body in white, the skeleton of the bodycabin, as black is opposite to white.
Noun[edit]
body in black (plural bodies in black)
- (automotive) A body in white composed of carbon fibre composites.
- (by extension) A body in white made from non-metallic materials
- (automotive) A fully-proportioned full-sized skin shell of the body design prototype
- (by extension) The skin shell of a motor vehicle, prior to its assembly onto the body
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Further reading[edit]
- body in white on Wikipedia.Wikipedia