GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   fuselage n. [F. fusel spindle-shaped + -age; fr. L. fusus spindle.] (Aëronautics) The central, approximately cylindrical portion of an airplane which carries the passengers, crew, and cargo. It usually forms the main structural portion of an airplane, and to it are typically attached the wings, tail, and sometimes the engines. In single-propeller airplanes, the propeller is typically fixed at the front of the fuselage, although variants have been produced with the propeller at the rear. Some airplanes have no fuselage, properly so called.
   Syn. -- body.
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2.       
   Nacelle , n. [F.]
   A small boat. [Obs.]
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   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.
   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.
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