fuselage

[ fyoo-suh-lahzh, -lij, -zuh-, fyoo-suh-lahzh, -zuh- ]

/ ˈfyu səˌlɑʒ, -lɪdʒ, -zə-, ˌfyu səˈlɑʒ, -zə- /

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noun Aeronautics.

the complete central structure to which the wing, tail surfaces, and engines are attached on an airplane.

Nearby words

fused kidney, fused quartz, fused sentence, fusee, fusel oil, fuselage, fuseli, fuseli, henry, fushih, fushun, fusibility

Origin of fuselage

1905–10; < French, equivalent to fusel(é) spindle-shaped (derivative of fuseau spindle; see fusee) + -age -age

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Examples from the Web for fuselage

Like the wings, the tail surfaces—horizontal and vertical—easily break away from the fuselage and float.
Mysterious Debris Near Australia Looks like MH370’s Wing|Clive Irving|March 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Explosive decompression” where the fuselage breaks apart suddenly and catastrophically.
Why Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Must Have Died Instantaneously|Clive Irving|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However, integrity of the fuselage structure is not an absolute guarantee that an explosive decompression will not occur.
Why Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Must Have Died Instantaneously|Clive Irving|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Boeing does have one airplane with a long record of stress failures in its fuselage, the 737.
Why Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Must Have Died Instantaneously|Clive Irving|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He hit the fuselage of his F-100 when he ejected, breaking his arm, damaging his eye and injuring his back.
John McCain Pays Tribute to Bud Day|Josh Rogin|July 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Agilely Kirkwood swung himself over the side of the fuselage and swarmed down one of the supporting struts to the broad float.
Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S.|Percy F. Westerman
The body of the machine was wrecked, and the fuselage a mass of splinters.
The Boy Volunteers with the French Airmen|Kenneth Ward
In order to carry their engines conveniently they very often have more than one fuselage.
The Romance of Aircraft|Lawrence Yard Smith
Something—what it was he was unable to ascertain—hit the fuselage with a resounding crash.
Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S.|Percy F. Westerman
A few inches in front of my nose was the breach of a heavy machine-gun whose muzzle projected over the bow of the fuselage.
Over the Front in an Aeroplane and Scenes Inside the French and Flemish Trenches|Ralph Pulitzer

British Dictionary definitions for fuselage

fuselage

/ (ˈfjuːzɪˌlɑːʒ) /

noun

the main body of an aircraft, excluding the wings, tailplane, and fin

Word Origin for fuselage

C20: from French, from fuseler to shape like a spindle, from Old French fusel spindle; see fusee

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Word Origin and History for fuselage

fuselage

1909, from French fuselage, from fuselé "spindle-shaped," from Old French *fus "spindle," from Latin fusus "spindle" (see fuse (n.)). So called from its shape.

fuselage

noun Aeronautics.

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