different between fuselage vs cheatline

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fuselage, from fuselé (“spindle-shaped”), from Old French *fus (“spindle”), from Latin fusus (“spindle”). So named for its shape; in English since 1909.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fju?z??l???/

Noun

fuselage (plural fuselages)

1. (aeronautical) 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.

Translations

See also

• hull (“the body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane”)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fyz.la?/

Noun

fuselage m (plural fuselages)

1. fuselage

Descendants

• ? Catalan: fuselatge
• ? English: fuselage
• ? Portuguese: fuselagem
• ? Spanish: fuselaje

Further reading

• “fuselage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

cheat +? line, because the first cheatlines aimed to "cheat the eye", making aircraft appear more streamlined.

Noun

cheatline (plural cheatlines)

1. (aviation) In civil aviation, a decorative horizontal band of color applied to both sides of an aircraft's fuselage of as part of its livery.

Usage notes

Airlines with liveries featuring decades-old cheatline designs include American Airlines, Alitalia, and LOT Polish Airlines.

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See also

• Eurowhite
• go-faster stripe
• logojet
• retrojet

Anagrams

• lichenate, thalience