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STOL
[ es-tawl ]
noun
- a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
STOL
/ stɒl /
noun
- a system in which an aircraft can take off and land in a short distance
- an aircraft using this system Compare VTOL
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Word History and Origins
Origin of STOL1
s(hort) t(ake)o(ff and) l(anding)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of STOL1
C20: s ( hort ) t ( ake ) o ( ff and ) l ( anding )
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Example Sentences
At last the guests began to arrive, some in carioles, some in stol-kjaerres, and some few in ordinary carriages.
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So didst thou say the other day, that I had stol'n thy cock.
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The light stol'n forth o' the building would leave the whole house in gloom.
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The Anglo-Saxons called their seats sett and stol, a name which we still preserve in the modern stool.
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Capt. Why, sweet, hath he not treacherously broke into our cabinet, and would have stol'n thee thence?
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