horizontal tail

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Noun

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horizontal tail - the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft elevator - the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend horizontal stabiliser, horizontal stabilizer, tailplane - the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged stabilizer - airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft empennage, tail assembly, tail - the rear part of an aircraft