biplane
pronunciation
How to pronounce biplane in British English:
UK [ˈbaɪpleɪn]
How to pronounce biplane in American English:
US [ˈbaɪˌplen]
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- Noun:
- old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other
Word Origin
- biplane (n.)
- airplane with two full wings, one above the other, 1874, as a theoretical notion; first attested 1908 in reference to the real thing; from bi- + plane (n.1). So called from the two "planes" of the double wings.
Example
- 1. Looks like a biplane .
- 2. But all know that if the jet engine and the biplane came apart , the result would be a horrible , fiery crash .
- 3. Vast and blue : a red waco biplane over key west and the florida keys national marine sanctuary - the birth place of the gulf stream
- 4. Amazing aerial view : a de havilland beaver biplane delivers scuba divers to hook and hardy reef on the great barrier reef , australia
- 5. Our aircraft was a beautifully presented second world war boeing stearman open cockpit biplane .