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NACELLE
nacelle
(noun) a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nacelle (plural nacelles)
A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house an engine, cargo, or crew.
The part between the tower and rotor of a wind turbine.
The compartment that holds passengers on a hot-air balloon, a dirigible, or an aerostat; a gondola.
The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH hulled boat.
(obsolete) A small boat.
Source: Wiktionary
Na*celle", n. [F.]
1. A small boat. [Obs.]
2. The basket suspended from a balloon; hence, the framework forming the body of a dirigible balloon, and containing the machinery, passengers, etc.
3. A boatlike, inclosed body of an aëroplane.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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