Definitions for fuselages

fuselages fu·se·lage

Spelling: [fyoo-suh-lahzh, -lij, -zuh-, fyoo-suh- Fuselages is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 256 anagrams from letters in fuselages (aeefglssu).

Definitions for fuselages

noun

  1. the complete central structure to which the wing, tail surfaces, and engines are attached on an airplane.

Origin of fuselages

1905-10; French, equivalent to fusel(é) spindle-shaped (derivative of fuseau spindle; see fusee) + -age -age

Examples for fuselages

“Explosive decompression” where the fuselage breaks apart suddenly and catastrophically.

Greatly to his surprise, Jack was not to be seen anywhere in the fuselage.

He gestured furiously toward the fuselage of the old Supernova.

How the fuselage and tail plane stood the strain of it, God knows.

Boeing does have one airplane with a long record of stress failures in its fuselage, the 737.

Like the wings, the tail surfaces—horizontal and vertical—easily break away from the fuselage and float.

The wires inside the fuselage should be cleaned and regreased about once a fortnight.

However, integrity of the fuselage structure is not an absolute guarantee that an explosive decompression will not occur.

He hit the fuselage of his F-100 when he ejected, breaking his arm, damaging his eye and injuring his back.

"Not if you go under the fuselage to get Jack," objected Dave.

Word Value for fuselages
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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