empennage

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
19
Letters
9

Definition of empennage

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The tail assembly of an aircraft.
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noun

  1. The tail assembly of an aircraft.
  2. The feathers of an arrow or the tail fins of a bomb or rocket used to stabilize the longitudinal axis of the projectile parallel to the flight path.

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Etymology

From French empennage (“feathers of an arrow”).

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