gliders

Noun

glider (plural gliders)

1. One who glides.
2. Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
3. A pilot of glider aircraft.
4. Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
5. Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).
   • The left drawer runner is probably replaced. Nail holes on the upper surface of the stretchers suggest the piece once had a bottom shelf. Modern metal gliders have been added under the feet.2007, Frances Gruber Safford, American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

   Synonyms:

   glide

6. A kind of garden swing.
   • Francine sat in the glider on the porch, swinging lightly, her mind a thousand miles away. The chain squeaked a little, almost like a cricket.1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices, published 2003, page 73

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