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droopsnoot

droopsnoot is the alternative form of droop snoot.

Meaning of droop snoot

Noun

droop snoot (plural droop snoots)

  1. An aeroplane nose which tends to lower or which can be lowered.
    • ln normal flight, the droop snoot is straightened out as in normal aircraft. The American built XB-70 plane also had such a droop snoot for this same reason.1970, William Zuk, Roger H. Clark, Kinetic architecture, Van Nostrand Reinhold, page 24
  2. (dated) A leading edge of an airfoil which can move as a unit to adjust camber.
    • […] insufficient data have been gathered so far to establish how much of the good low speed characteristics are due to the "droop snoot" and how much are due to the regular flap.1947, “In Peacetime Grumman Is Still Going Strong”, in Naval Aviation News, page 5

Forms of droopsnoot

pluraldroopsnoots

Questions about droopsnoot

What is droopsnoot the alternative form of?
Droopsnoot is the alternative form of droop snoot.

Words near droopsnoot in the dictionary

  1. drooping saxifrage
  2. droopingly
  3. droopingness
  4. droopings
  5. droops
  6. droopsnoot
  7. droopsnoots
  8. droopy
  9. drooth
  10. droozy
  11. drop

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