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ˈtriˌmotor
Also tri-motor.
[f. tri- + motor n.]
An aeroplane fitted with three engines. Cf. tri-jet.
1923Glasgow Herald 1 Jan. 8 The aeroplane which it is proposed to use will be a tri-motor. 1931Technol. Rev. Nov. 66/2 The Ford trimotors are tin geese, an amphibian is often a duck. 1936New Yorker 14 Mar. 25/1 His favorite machines are a tri-motor Junker and a silver-and-black steel Immelmann. 1965C. D. Eby Siege of Alcázar (1966) 13 The pueblo of Getafe..in 1936 boasts the busiest airport in Spain, but there are only a few silent trimotors on the airstrips. 1977H. Fast Immigrants iv. 226 He lay awake most of the night, reliving his experience on the big trimotor plane. 1981R. Thomas Mordida Man xviii. 158 The old gentleman said he had flown in everything from Ford trimotors to 747s. |