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flyable, a.|ˈflaɪəb(ə)l|
[f. fly v.1 + -able.]
1. Hunting colloq. That can be flown or leapt over.
1893Field 11 Feb. 188/3 An Irish bank is not ‘flyable’.
2. Of weather: suitable for flying. Of goods: transportable by air. Of an aircraft: that is capable of flying or of being flown.
1936J. Grierson High Failure xii. 271 McNab arranged..to take me out to Robert Bruce [name of aeroplane], provided the weather should be flyable. 1945Times 3 Aug. 5/6 Forecasters who are amazingly expert at assessing how long the weather will remain flyable at night at any particular airfield in the country. 1960R. W. Marks Dymaxion World of B. Fuller 151/4 The more ephemeralization advances the more flyable becomes any one cargo. 1963Economist 30 Nov. 928/3 A real flyable aeroplane. 1970Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 9 Oct. 61/1 A corrugated silver Ford Tri-Motor in flyable condition. |