em·pen·nage ( m p -n j)n. The tail assembly of an aircraft, including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers, elevators, and rudder. [French, feathers on an arrow, empennage, from empenner, to feather an arrow : en-, in; see en-1 + penne, feather (from Latin penna; see pet- in Indo-European roots).] |
empennage [ɛmˈpɛnɪdʒ (French) ɑ̃pɛnaʒ]
n
(Engineering / Aeronautics) the rear part of an aircraft, comprising the fin, rudder, and tailplane
[from French: feathering, from empenner to feather an arrow, from penne feather, from Latin pinna]
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| Noun | 1. | empennage - the rear part of an aircraft fuselage - the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo) horizontal tail - the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft back, rear - the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" stabilizer - airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft vertical tail - the vertical airfoil in the tail assembly of an aircraft |
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