whifferdale
whifferdale is the alternative form of wifferdill.
Meaning of wifferdill
Noun
wifferdill (plural wifferdills)
- An elaborate, multiaxis aerobatic manoeuvre, especially one in which an aircraft makes a series of very tight turns in order to reverse its direction of travel.
- Doolittle executed a grand wifferdill—rapidly climbing to exchange airspeed for altitude—after completing the course, then a perfect landing.2003, Dik Alan Daso, Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary, →ISBN, page 20
Forms of whifferdale
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