volplane
English
Etymology
From French vol plané (“gliding flight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɒlpleɪn/
Noun
volplane (plural volplanes)
- A steep, controlled dive, especially by an aircraft with the engine off.
Verb
volplane (third-person singular simple present volplanes, present participle volplaning, simple past and past participle volplaned)
- To make a volplane.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
- Curtains of vapor drift back to reveal the Americans, volplaning along well inside ten meters and only a little faster than the balloon.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative
Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.