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‖ cabré, a.|kabre|
[Fr.; f. cabrer: see prec.]
1. Her. Said of a horse: Capering, rearing on the hind legs.
†2. Aeronaut. = tail-down adj. (see tail n.1 14). Also as n. Obs.
1910R. Loraine in W. Loraine R. Loraine (1938) vi. 118, I was alarmed lest my biplane should suddenly do a cabré (fall backwards), if I kept her climbing. 1913A. E. Berriman Aviation iii. 22 So tilt the machine nose upwards into a position that is called cabré. 1914H. M. Buist Aircraft in German War i. 35 (caption) The craft flying cabré, or tail down, is also a biplane. |