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Chandelle   Listen
noun
chandelle  n.  (Aeronautics) An abrupt climbing turn made by an airplane, in which the plane's momentum is used to achieve a higher than normal rate of climb, without stalling the aircraft.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Chandelle" Quotes from Famous Books



... be candid with you, and tell you I fear he hath entangled himself here in a very silly engagement. Even to marry an old woman for money is scarce pardonable—the game ne valant gueres la chandelle—Mr. Bernstein, when alive, more than once assured me of this fact, and I believe him, poor gentleman! to engage yourself to an old woman without money, and to marry her merely because you have promised her, this seems to me a follie ...
— The Virginians • William Makepeace Thackeray

... serez bien vieille, le soir a la chandelle Assise aupres du feu devisant et filant, Direz, chantant mes vers en vous esmerveillant, Ronsard m'a celebre du temps ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 2 (of 4) • Various



Words linked to "Chandelle" :   aviation, lift, rise, air, uprise, air travel, come up, move up, airplane maneuver, go up, flight maneuver, arise



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