Volplane
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvɒlpleɪn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Volplane is a noun meaning A steep, controlled dive, especially by an aircraft with the engine off.
Meaning
A steep, controlled dive, especially by an aircraft with the engine off.
More Meanings
- To perform a volplane.
- (of a bird or gliding animal) To glide.
Example Sentences
Curtains of vapor drift back to reveal the Americans, volplaning along well inside ten meters and only a little faster than the balloon.
1916, Wilfred Percy ("Billie") Nevill, letter, in 1991, Ruth Elwin Harris (editor), Billie: The Nevill Letters, 1914-1916, Julia Macrae, page 143, […] when well over the bosche lines & he volplaned home, just skimmed over our & the Bosche trenches, they all fired at him like sin, of course, and landed about 1000 yards back on a hill.
Word Forms
- volplanes
- volplaning
- volplaned
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wingover, pullout, convertiplane, bank, ekranoplan, jetplane.
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