💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Tailhook"
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| arresting gearnoun | (aviation, military) A system used to quickly decelerate a landing aircraft, essential for landing on an aircraft carrier (although land-based airfields can also be equipped with arresting gear); the most common system consists of a series of transverse wire ropes designed to snag an aircraft's tailhook, connected to a hydraulic or mechanical energy-absorbing system, but other systems exist (typically only for use in an emergency situation) which use a net to slow down an aircraft. |
| trapnoun | A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. |
| armhooknoun | (folk dancing) A movement in which two people hook arms at the elbow and turn around each other. |
| uplocknoun | (aviation) A mechanism that secures an aircraft's landing gear in the retracted position, helping to prevent an uncommanded gear deployment during flight. |
| tailnoun | (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca. |
| skyhooknoun | A helicopter that lifts and transports heavy objects suspended by a heavy cable. |
| taildraggernoun | (aviation) An aircraft with a wheel behind the main landing gear, underneath the tail. |
| tailplanenoun | A horizontal airfoil, at the rear of an aircraft, to which the elevator is attached; usually associated with the tailfin. |
| tandem landing gearnoun | (aviation) Synonym of bicycle landing gear. |
| tail boomnoun | On an airplane or helicopter, a spar that connects tail surfaces to a fuselage. |
| tailboomnoun | Alternative form of tail boom. [On an airplane or helicopter, a spar that connects tail surfaces to a fuselage.] |
| airstopnoun | (aviation) A designated landing site for helicopters. |
| touchdownnoun | (American football, Canadian football) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone. |
| tail liftnoun | A mechanical device permanently fitted to the back of a vehicle, designed to facilitate the transfer of goods from ground level onto the vehicle. |
| autobrakenoun | (aviation) A system that automatically applies an aircraft's hydraulic wheel brakes upon touchdown during landing, or when the throttle is reduced to idle during a rejected takeoff. |
| flaptracknoun | (aviation) The track on which the flaps of an aircraft are mounted. |
| gear-up landingnoun | (aviation) A landing of an aircraft with the landing gear retracted due to the pilot(s) forgetting to extend the gear or to take some other action necessary for the gear to deploy. |
| landing gearnoun | (uncountable, countable, aviation) The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft; its undercarriage. |
| attachmentnoun | A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something. |
| undercarriagenoun | The landing gear of an aircraft. |
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