STOL

[ es-tawl ]

noun

1. a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.

STOL

/ stɒl /

noun

1. a system in which an aircraft can take off and land in a short distance
2. See VTOL
   an aircraft using this system Compare VTOL

Word History and Origins

Origin of STOL¹

s(hort) t(ake)o(ff and) l(anding)

Word History and Origins

Origin of STOL¹

C20: s ( hort ) t ( ake ) o ( ff and ) l ( anding )

Example Sentences

At last the guests began to arrive, some in carioles, some in stol-kjaerres, and some few in ordinary carriages.

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So didst thou say the other day, that I had stol'n thy cock.

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The light stol'n forth o' the building would leave the whole house in gloom.

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The Anglo-Saxons called their seats sett and stol, a name which we still preserve in the modern stool.

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Capt. Why, sweet, hath he not treacherously broke into our cabinet, and would have stol'n thee thence?

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