flying wing

noun

Aeronautics.

1. an airplane whose wings form almost all the airframe, with the fuselage almost or entirely within the wing structure.

flying wing

noun

1. an aircraft consisting mainly of one large wing and no fuselage or tailplane

2. (in Canadian football) the twelfth player, who has a variable position behind the scrimmage line

Word History and Origins

Origin of flying wing¹

First recorded in 1935–40