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cowl flaps

cowl flaps is the plural of cowl flap.

Meaning of cowl flap

Noun

cowl flap (plural cowl flaps)

  1. A small door on the bottom of an aircraft's cowling, used to direct additional airflow over the engine in order to improve cooling.

Questions about cowl flaps

What is cowl flaps the plural of?
Cowl flaps is the plural of cowl flap.

Words near cowl flaps in the dictionary

  1. cowkids
  2. cowkind
  3. cowkini
  4. cowl
  5. cowl flap
  6. cowl flaps
  7. cowl unit
  8. cowl units
  9. cowl-staff
  10. cowl-staffs
  11. cowl-staves

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