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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