vertical stabilizer

noun

, Aeronautics.

1. the fixed vertical surface of an aircraft empennage, to which the rudder is hinged.

vertical stabilizer

noun

1. the US name for fin 1

Example Sentences

There was one very large and easily identifiable piece of debris floating, the vertical stabilizer.

From The Daily Beast

Not put on display in Recife was the one substantial piece of the A330 yet found, its vertical stabilizer.

From The Daily Beast