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ˈbattleplane
[f. battle n. + plane n.3, after battleship.]
An aeroplane designed for use in warfare, carrying a gun or guns, bombs, etc.
[1915Daily Express 15 Oct. 4/3 The French Government has now no objection to the world at large knowing that battle-aeroplanes of large size are being built in France. ] Ibid. 16 Dec. 4/5 Genuine battleplanes were first heard of officially in the German communiqués.1917‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 180 The Fokkers were satisfactorily dealt with by the de Haviland and the F.E. ‘battleplane’, as the newspapers of the period delighted to call it. 1917Observer 11 Mar. 10/3 The effort of each side is bent on producing not giant battleplanes but faster and better climbing small craft. |