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nosecap

nosecap is the alternative form of nose cap.

Meaning of nose cap

Noun

nose cap (plural nose caps)

  1. (historical) A protective cap on the end of a gunstock.
  2. The protective covering on the end of an aircraft fuselage.
  3. The nose cone of a missile or shell, often containing explosives or a timer.
    • This was a shrapnel shell used by the Austrians in the mountains with a nose-cap which went on after the burst and exploded on contact.1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 107

Forms of nosecap

pluralnosecaps

Questions about nosecap

What is nosecap the alternative form of?
Nosecap is the alternative form of nose cap.

Words near nosecap in the dictionary

  1. noseburns
  2. nosebutter
  3. nosebuttered
  4. nosebuttering
  5. nosebutters
  6. nosecap
  7. nosecaps
  8. nosecco
  9. noseclip
  10. noseclips
  11. nosecone

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