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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.
trapnounA 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.
skyhooknounA 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.
tailplanenounA 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 boomnounOn an airplane or helicopter, a spar that connects tail surfaces to a fuselage.
tailboomnounAlternative 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 liftnounA 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.
attachmentnounA strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
undercarriagenounThe landing gear of an aircraft.

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