nacelles
noun
Meaning
- A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house an engine, cargo, or crew.
- The part between the tower and rotor of a wind turbine.
- The compartment that holds passengers on a hot-air balloon, a dirigible, or an aerostat; a gondola.
- The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH hulled boat.
- A small boat.
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