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Meanings of tailplane in English

Russian
горизонтальное оперение

The horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged.

        горизонтальное оперение
        Usage of tailplane in English
        1
        The aircraft just lay there with its huge tailplane upraised.
        Provenance
        2
        Nose, wings, and tailplane crumpled and tore, barbed fragments spinning off into the night.
        The Neutronium Alchemist
        3
        Lia, meanwhile, had been looking at a piece of the tailplane that had been left behind.
        Deep black
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for tailplane
        Tailplane through the time