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base leg

base leg noun: the part of a landing before final approach, flown downwind of and at right angles to the runway.

Noun

base leg (usually uncountable, plural base legs)

  1. (usually) The part of a landing before final approach, flown downwind of and at right angles to the runway.
    Synonyms:
    base

Synonyms of base leg

Forms of base leg

pluralbase legs

Questions about base leg

What does base leg mean?
Base leg means the part of a landing before final approach, flown downwind of and at right angles to the runway.
What part of speech is base leg?
Base leg is a noun.
What is the plural of base leg?
The plural of base leg is base legs.

Words near base leg in the dictionary

  1. base jumped
  2. BASE jumper
  3. BASE jumpers
  4. base jumping
  5. base jumps
  6. base leg
  7. base legs
  8. base level
  9. base levels
  10. base load
  11. base loads

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