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triplane

American  
[trahy-pleyn] / ˈtraɪˌpleɪn /
  1. an airplane with three supporting wings, one above another: a design used mainly in the early history of the airplane.


triplane British  
/ ˈtraɪˌpleɪn /

noun

  1. an aeroplane having three wings arranged one above the other

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of triplane

First recorded in 1905–10; tri- + plane 1

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I had to have something else, just to keep my brain alive’: in his Fokker Dr1 triplane.

From The Guardian Sep. 6, 2015

“I get to shoot down a Fokker triplane every Sunday afternoon,” said air show director Chris Bulko, who flew the Spad.

From Washington Times Aug. 1, 2014

On a shelf were more models like the Red Baron’s Fokker triplane, and a World War II ship, as my dad had been in the Navy.

From New York Times Dec. 16, 2010

I still have several of his planes, including the Red Baron’s triplane and the Gotha.

From New York Times Dec. 16, 2010

In the stable of a house at Putney belonging to one of his brothers he had already built a tractor triplane which he now removed to Lea Marshes.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

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