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bomb rack

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noun

  1. a device for carrying bombs in or under the fuselage of an aircraft.

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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