单词 | vrille |
释义 | vrillen. Aeronautics. A tail-spin; also, a spinning manœuvre engaged in deliberately as part of an aerobatic display. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [noun] > spin spin1915 spinning1915 tailspin1916 flat spin1917 vrille1918 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > aerobatics > [noun] > stunt > specific loop1900 looping1914 barrel roll1917 falling leaf1917 renversement1918 vrille1918 slow roll1923 slow-rolling1923 aileron roll1924 flick roll1928 wing-over1928 lazy eight1930 bunt1932 aileron turn1942 victory roll1942 rollover1945 twinkle roll1962 rollback1978 1918 B. Hall En l'Air iv. 32 He is trained on the rapid machines and when perfected is sent to the acrobatic school where they are taught all sorts of stunts, such as looping, vrille, tail and wing slips, and all the modern stunts. 1918 W. J. Abbot Aircraft & Submarines 115 The modern airplane is naturally so stable that if not interfered with it will always attempt to right itself before the dreaded vrille occurs. 1919 in C. A. Smith New Words Self-defined 201 I remember when I thought it was time to try a vrille or tail-spin. 1965 Amer. Speech 40 13 /vr-/ can be attested, also in more recent vrille and in a proper name. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1918 |
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