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STOL

[ es-tawl ]

noun

  1. a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.


STOL

/ stɒl /

noun

  1. a system in which an aircraft can take off and land in a short distance
  2. an aircraft using this system Compare VTOL
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

So didst thou say the other day, that I had stol'n thy cock.

The light stol'n forth o' the building would leave the whole house in gloom.

The Anglo-Saxons called their seats sett and stol, a name which we still preserve in the modern stool.

Capt. Why, sweet, hath he not treacherously broke into our cabinet, and would have stol'n thee thence?

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