Definition of four-engined in US English:
four-engined
adjectiveˌfôrˈenjindˌfɔrˈɛndʒɪnd
(chiefly of an aircraft) having four engines.
the larger four-engined plane
Example sentencesExamples
- Around 4.30pm a big four-engined airliner flew over.
- The airline also has options for a further ten of the four-engined, long-range jets.
- I could only stand behind the pilots and watch in awe as they flew this four-engined monster.
- With Charles at the controls, his four-engined passenger jet with 11 people on board touched down too late and too fast.
- She is faster than any four-engined bomber now in service anywhere in the world.
- Late in 1940, the first of the new four-engined bombers, the Short Stirling, came into service.
- We have a large but graceful four-engined ship.
- A giant four-engined bomber that saw action in the Second World War flew into view and rained the poppies into the Solent.
- With binoculars, we could even make out the sleek, four-engined bombers, the sunlight flashing off their wings.
- The journey to the BAS stations is by boat or a four-engined aircraft.