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cabane

American  
[kuh-ban] / kəˈbæn /

noun

Aeronautics.
  1. a mastlike structure on some early airplanes, used for supporting the wing.


Etymology

Origin of cabane

From French, dating back to 1910–15; see origin at cabin


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They tended to associate this genre of music with the drivel piped into a touristy sugar shack, or cabane à sucre: ceaseless marionette music cluttered with the infernal racket of spoons.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2022

Luckily her clothing was not wet, since the travelers reached the cabane at the very instant the elements became really aggressive.

From The Silent Barrier by Louis Tracy

I was once on a fishing expedition with habitant guides when we had to share the same cabane.

From A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 by George McKinnon Wrong

Another gleam of light, bluer and more penetrating than its forerunner, lit the brown rafters of the cabane.

From The Silent Barrier by Louis Tracy

She could go to and from the cabane in ten hours.

From The Silent Barrier by Louis Tracy

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