Added 9 October 2026
fuselage
/ˈfjuːzəˌlɑːʒ/ noun
Latin root: fūsus Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about fuselage at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo).
Origin
Borrowed from French fuselage. Ultimately from Latin fūsus (“spindle, spinning wheel”). For the meaning development, compare rocket, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“spinning wheel, distaff”) (whence also English rock (“distaff, the flax or wool on a distaff”)).
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