fuselage

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The aft section of the fuselage is the lavatory with a sliding door.

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  1. noun The central body of an aircraft, to which the wings and tail assembly are attached and which accommodates the crew, passengers, and cargo.

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  • The fuselage, the empanage, the nessal*. —  Niels Diffrient rethinks the way we sit down
  • The fuselage was a dark metal, mottled with aquamarine patches that resembled lichen. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
  • Behind my head part of the fuselage has been shot away. —  I Flew For The Führer
  • Almost at once I feel a hit in the fuselage, and as a result I have to abandon the attack. —  I Flew For The Führer
  • These were followed by sixty Sea Gladiator IIs which carried a dinghy in a fairing beneath the fuselage, and featured other modifications dictated by their naval role. —  The Narrow Margin
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  1. French, from fuselé, spindle-shaped, from Old French fusel, spindle, from Vulgar Latin *fūsellus, diminutive of Latin fūsus.
 

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