tail plane

noun Aeronautics (chiefly British).

horizontal stabilizer.

Origin of tail plane

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby tail plane

tailor's muscle, tailor's-tack, tail out, tailpiece, tailpipe, tail plane, tailrace, tail rotor, tails, tail skid, tailspin

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Example sentences from the Web for tail plane

The tail-plane may be mounted upon the fuselage at a wrong angle of incidence, in which case it must be corrected.
The Aeroplane Speaks|H. Barber
Two of them got between my gun and our tail-plane, so that they were safe from my fire.
Cavalry of the Clouds|Alan Bott
Sometimes applied to the "tail-boom" framework connecting the tail-plane with the main lifting surface.
The Aeroplane Speaks|H. Barber
He was eventually killed through the breaking of the tail-plane of his machine in descending at a flying meeting at Bournemouth.
A History of Aeronautics|E. Charles Vivian

Now line up the centre part of the main-plane with the tail-plane.
The Aeroplane Speaks|H. Barber

British Dictionary definitions for tail plane

tailplane

/ (ˈteɪlˌpleɪn) /

noun

a small horizontal wing at the tail of an aircraft to provide longitudinal stabilityAlso called (esp US): horizontal stabilizer

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单词	tail plane
释义	tail plane noun Aeronautics (chiefly British). horizontal stabilizer. Origin of tail plane First recorded in 1905–10 Words nearby tail plane tailor's muscle, tailor's-tack, tail out, tailpiece, tailpipe, tail plane, tailrace, tail rotor, tails, tail skid, tailspin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tail plane The tail-plane may be mounted upon the fuselage at a wrong angle of incidence, in which case it must be corrected. The Aeroplane Speaks\|H. Barber Two of them got between my gun and our tail-plane, so that they were safe from my fire. Cavalry of the Clouds\|Alan Bott Sometimes applied to the "tail-boom" framework connecting the tail-plane with the main lifting surface. The Aeroplane Speaks\|H. Barber He was eventually killed through the breaking of the tail-plane of his machine in descending at a flying meeting at Bournemouth. A History of Aeronautics\|E. Charles Vivian Now line up the centre part of the main-plane with the tail-plane. The Aeroplane Speaks\|H. Barber British Dictionary definitions for tail plane tailplane / (ˈteɪlˌpleɪn) / noun a small horizontal wing at the tail of an aircraft to provide longitudinal stabilityAlso called (esp US): horizontal stabilizer Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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