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Meaning of FUSELAGE

Pronunciation:  'fyoosulij

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
 
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 See Also: aeroplane, airplane, body, empennage, plane, porthole, tail, tail assembly

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fu"se*lage\, n. (A["e]ronautics)
An elongated body or frame of an a["e]roplane or flying
machine; sometimes, erroneously, any kind of frame or body.
Many a["e]roplanes have no fuselage, properly so called.
 

 

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