battleplane

American  

[bat-l-pleyn] / ˈbæt lˌpleɪn /

noun

1. an airplane designed for combat; warplane.

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Etymology

Origin of battleplane

First recorded in 1910–15; battle ¹ + plane ¹

Example Sentences

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battleplane

Sir Samuel has already cheered Navy-loving Britons by telling them that the battleplane has by no means yet supplanted the battleship.

From Time Magazine Archive

T. Webb Jr. of Buffalo, a member of an American squadron which encountered a German battleplane while flying over the German lines.

From America's War for Humanity by Russell, Thomas Herbert

At least one battleplane was absent, if not more, and the companion bomber that had occupied with them the place of honor at the tail of the procession also failed to come to its place.

From Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold by Beach, Charles Amory

But their turn came at length, for in the dim light two big Gothas were discovered swinging in toward them as though bent on bringing about the destruction of the Yankee battleplane.

From Air Service Boys over the Atlantic by Beach, Charles Amory

Early in the morning I came just in time to see a French battleplane attack a German above Fort Douaumont.

From An Aviator's Field Book Being the field reports of Oswald Bölcke, from August 1, 1914 to October 28, 1916 by Boelcke, Oswald