fuselage

Meaning

The main body of an aerospace vehicle; the long central structure of an aircraft to which the wings (or rotors), tail, and engines are attached, and which accommodates crew and cargo.

Synonyms

hull

airframe

body

skeleton

casing

chassis

corpus

frame

framework

bare bones

log

nacelle

scull

shell

🐚

stem

trunk

undercarriage

bod

skeletal frame

carcass

Translations

fuselage

fusoliera

fuselagem

Rumpf

fuselaje

Flugzeugrumpf

uçak gövdesi

buc

fusellatge

άτρακτος

coque

🐚

carlinga

gövde

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfjuːzəˌlɑːʒ/

Etymology

Etymology tree
French fuseler
French -age
French fuselagebor.
English fuselage
Borrowed from French fuselage.
Ultimately from Latin fūsus (“spindle, spinning wheel”).
For the meaning development, compare rocket, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“spinning wheel, distaff”) (whence also English rock (“distaff, the flax or wool on a distaff”)).