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contrail|ˈkɒntreɪl| [f. condensation + trail n.1] A condensation trail (see condensation 8), a vapour trail.
1945Sat. Even. Post 13 Jan. 18 With no wind and intense cold, taxiing planes leave ice-crystal contrails behind them, just as Fortresses do at 30,000 feet over Germany. 1952M. Tripp Faith is Windsock vi. 94 White aircraft contrails feathered against azure blue. 1960People 20 Nov. 9/2 The boffins' name for aeroplane clouds is ‘contrails’. 1965R. Heinlein Farnham's Freehold iv. 61 No sign..of man—not a building, a road, a path, no contrails in the sky. |