cabane
[ kuh-ban ]
nounAeronautics.
a mastlike structure on some early airplanes, used for supporting the wing.
Origin of cabane
1From French, dating back to 1910–15; see origin at cabin
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How to use cabane in a sentence
The laggards who remain under the cabanes are taken off by hand, and placed on a table, which is immediately encabanea.
The Insect World | Louis FiguierMuller describes them thus: "Ces cabanes étoient de bois revetu de planches bien unies, et même enchainées en quelques endroits."
Le Pere leur dit quelques paroles d'edification, puis leur signifia de se retirer en leurs Cabanes.
The produce is between two and three cabanes per ganta, or fifty to seventy fold.
The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes | Toms de ComynIt takes eight cabanes measure (vide p. 276) of fresh-picked ripe berries to turn out one picul weight of clean beans.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
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