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ˈwater-plane
1. A canal constructed on a level, without locks.
1861Smiles Engineers v. vi. I. 386 We find him [sc Brindley] contriving a water-plane for the Duke's collieries.
2. Ship-building. A plane passing through a vessel when afloat, on a level with the surface of the water.
1889Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. i. 8 The line in which the surface of the water cuts the surface of the ship..is called the water line.., the area enclosed by that line being the water plane area.
†3. An aeroplane constructed so as to be capable of rising from, alighting upon, and travelling on the water. Obs. Cf. seaplane.
1912Q. Rev. July 248 With this [float] Curtiss' water-plane was the first to quit the sea under its own power. 1913Daily Mail 3 Apr., A waterplane is a sea-going aeroplane. 1913Times 14 May 5/6 Mr. Howard Wright..was attempting to rise from the sea on a waterplane at Cowes yesterday afternoon when the machine capsized. |