nacelle noun. [nǝ'sɛl] L15.
[French from late Latin navicella dim. of Latin navis ship.]
I. 1. A small boat. rare. Only in L15.

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nacelle
II.

2. The basket or car of a balloon or airship. M19.

3. Orig., the cockpit of an aeroplane. Now, a streamlined bulge on an aircraft's wing or fuselage enclosing an engine etc. E20.

4. A similarly shaped structure on or in a motor vehicle. M20.

► In branch II reintroduced from French

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