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decrab

decrab verb: to align (an aircraft) with the runway, usually by means of rudder or rudderon input, immediately before, simultaneously with, or immediately after touchdown during a landing from a crabbed approach.

Verb

decrab (third-person singular simple present decrabs, present participle decrabbing, simple past and past participle decrabbed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To align (an aircraft) with the runway, usually by means of rudder or rudderon input, immediately before, simultaneously with, or immediately after touchdown during a landing from a crabbed approach.

Noun

decrab (usually uncountable, plural decrabs)

  1. (usually) The process of aligning an aircraft with the runway, usually by means of rudder or rudderon input, immediately before, simultaneously with, or immediately after touchdown during a landing from a crabbed approach.

Forms of decrab

Verb
third-person singular presentdecrabs
present participledecrabbing
past participledecrabbed
pastdecrabbed
Noun
pluraldecrabs

Origin of decrab

From de- + crab.

Questions about decrab

What does decrab mean?
Decrab means to align (an aircraft) with the runway, usually by means of rudder or rudderon input, immediately before, simultaneously with, or immediately after touchdown during a landing from a crabbed approach.
What part of speech is decrab?
Decrab can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of decrab?
The past tense of decrab is decrabbed.

Words near decrab in the dictionary

  1. decoyinine
  2. decoyman
  3. decoymen
  4. decoys
  5. Decr.
  6. decrab
  7. decrabbed
  8. decrabbing
  9. decrabs
  10. DeCrapio
  11. decrassified

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