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nacelle


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nacelle  \Na*celle"\,  n.  [F.] 
  1.  A  small  boat.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  The  basket  suspended  from  a  balloon;  hence  the  framework 
  forming  the  body  of  a  dirigible  balloon,  and  containing 
  the  machinery,  passengers,  etc 
 
  3.  A  boatlike,  inclosed  body  of  an  a["e]roplane. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nacelle 
  n  :  a  streamlined  enclosure  for  an  aircraft  engine 




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