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fuselage

/ˈfjusəˌlɑdʒ/

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What does fuselage mean?

noun

  1. The main body of an aerospace vehicle; the long central structure of an aircraft to which the wings (or rotors), tail, and engines are attached, and which accommodates crew and cargo.

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/ˈfjusəˌlɑdʒ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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/ˈfjusəlɪdʒ/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Wire, Side Bracing--A bracing wire crossing diagonally a side bay of fuselage, tail boom bay, undercarriage side bay or centre-section side bay.
H. (Horatio) BarberThe Aeroplane SpeaksProject Gutenberg ebook #818
It was the first tractor biplane with a closed fuselage to be used for military work, and became standard for the type.
Evelyn Charles Vivian; W. Lockwood (William Lockwood) MarshA History of AeronauticsProject Gutenberg ebook #874
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The control wires are led aft inside the fairing of the fuselage to the extreme end, whence they pass to the elevators and rudders.
George WhaleBritish Airships, Past, Present, and FutureProject Gutenberg ebook #762
First, there is the long and comparatively narrow body, or FUSELAGE, at the end of which is the rudder, corresponding to the bird's tail.
William J. ClaxtonThe mastery of the airProject Gutenberg ebook #777
The only effective method of achieving the desired end is to armour the whole of the carriage or fuselage of the adroplane, and this was the principle adopted by the Vickers Company.
Frederick Arthur Ambrose TalbotAeroplanes and Dirigibles of WarProject Gutenberg ebook #793