jetavator

[ jet-uh-vey-ter ]

nounRocketry.
  1. an extension of the exhaust nozzle of a rocket, for controlling the direction of the exhaust gases.

Origin of jetavator

1
First recorded in 1955–60; jet1 + (el)evator

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