bomb rack
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bomb rack
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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As a result I was in a bomb rack for twelve hours at a stretch, unable to talk and unable to look at anything but another bomb rack.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three flyers took off in a Martin bomber for parachute tests, with 200-lb. dummies secured in the bomb rack beneath the fuselage.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the bomb rack of a Stuka," he snarled, "I'm standing by.
From A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. by Montgomery, Rutherford George
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