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quadruplane|ˈkwɒdruːpleɪn| Also quadri-. [f. quadru- + plane n.3] An aeroplane having four sets of wings, one above another.
1909A. Berget Conquest of Air 141 Naturally we can make triplanes or quadriplanes, but one must not proceed too far in this direction. 1909Times 17 Aug. 10/5 Major Baden-Powell will attempt a flight with his quadruplane. 1919Jane's All World's Aircraft 60 a (caption) Experimental Armstrong-Whitworths.—Two of the F.K. 10 Type Quadruplanes. 1937Times 5 Oct. 9/3 He [sc. Major Baden-Powell] made two aeroplanes, one with swivelling propellers to obtain direct lift, and the other a kind of quadruplane. |