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empennage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun empennage has 1 sense
- empennage(n = noun.artifact) tail, tail assembly - the rear part of an aircraft; Array is a part of fuselage
has parts: horizontal tail, stabilizer, vertical tail
is a kind of back, rear
OXFORD DICTIONARY
empennage, n. Aeron. an arrangement of stabilizing surfaces at the tail of an aircraft.
Etymology
F f. empenner to feather (an arrow)
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