fuselage
Meanings
Plural: fuselages
Noun
- the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
- The main body of an aerospace vehicle; the long central structure of an aircraft to which the wings (or rotors), tail, and engines are attached, and which accommodates crew and cargo.
Origin / Etymology
Etymology tree
French fuseler
French -age
French fuselagebor.
English fuselage
Borrowed from French fuselage. Ultimately from Latin fūsus (“spindle, spinning wheel”).
For the meaning development, compare rocket, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“spinning wheel, distaff”) (whence also English rock (“distaff, the flax or wool on a distaff”)).
Scrabble Score: 12
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Words With Friends Score: 15
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