[shan-del, shahn-] 
noun, verb -delled, -dell⋅ing. Aeronautics| 1. | an abrupt climbing turn in which an aircraft almost stalls while using its momentum to gain a higher rate of climb. |
| 2. | to perform a chandelle. |
| chan·delle (shān-děl') n. A sudden, steep climbing turn of an aircraft, executed to alter flight direction and gain altitude simultaneously. intr.v. chan·delled, chan·dell·ing, chan·dells To execute a chandelle. [French, from chandelle, candle, from Old French, from Latin candēla; see candle.] |
