NACELLE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A small boat. [Obs.]

2.
n.

The basket suspended from a balloon; hence, the framework forming the body of a dirigible balloon, and containing the machinery, passengers, etc.

3.
n.

A boatlike, inclosed body of an aëroplane.


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