tail-heavy

[ teyl-hev-ee ]

adjective
  1. noting or pertaining to a craft or vehicle that is too heavy in the rear, from overloading or poor design.

Origin of tail-heavy

1
First recorded in 1915–20; tail1 + heavy

Words Nearby tail-heavy

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How to use tail-heavy in a sentence

  • If it has too little angle, then it will not lift enough, and the aeroplane will be "tail-heavy."

British Dictionary definitions for tail-heavy

tail-heavy

adjective
  1. (of an aircraft) having too much weight at the rear because of overloading or poor design

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