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tailhooks

tailhooks is the plural of tailhook.

Meaning of tailhook

Noun

tailhook (plural tailhooks)

  1. A device attached to the empennage of some military fixed-wing aircraft, used to achieve rapid deceleration during landings by catching the arresting gear of a runway or aircraft carrier.

Questions about tailhooks

What is tailhooks the plural of?
Tailhooks is the plural of tailhook.

Words near tailhooks in the dictionary

  1. tailhead
  2. tailheads
  3. tailhole
  4. tailholes
  5. tailhook
  6. tailhooks
  7. tailing
  8. tailing away
  9. tailing down
  10. tailing in
  11. tailing off

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