FUSELAGE

fuselage

(noun) the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fuselage (plural fuselages)

(aeronautical) The main body of an aerospace vehicle; the long central structure of an aircraft to which the wings (or rotors), tail, and engines are attached, and which accommodates crew and cargo.

Source: Wiktionary


Fu"se*lage, n. (Aëronautics)

Definition: An elongated body or frame of an aëroplane or flying machine; sometimes, erroneously, any kind of frame or body. Many aëroplanes have no fuselage, properly so called.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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