CHANDELLE

chandelle

(noun) a flight maneuver consisting of a steep climbing turn executed to gain altitude while changing direction

chandelle

(verb) climb suddenly and steeply; “The airplane chandelled”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

chandelle (plural chandelles)

An aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.

Verb

chandelle (third-person singular simple present chandelles, present participle chandelling, simple past and past participle chandelled)

To perform an aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.

Anagrams

• land-leech

Source: Wiktionary



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