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   Nacelle (nȧ‑sĕlˈ), n. [F.]
   1. A small boat. [Obs.]
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
   
   
   2.  The basket suspended from a balloon; hence, the framework forming the body of a dirigible balloon, and containing the machinery, passengers, etc.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
   
   
   3.  A streamlined enclosure on an airplane, as for the engine or for the cargo or passengers; -- formerly used to refer to the boatlike, inclosed body of an airplane which is usually now called the fuselage, and now referring mostly to the enclosure for the engine.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]