bombload

[ bom-lohd ]

noun

1. the total load of bombs carried by an airplane, usually expressed in terms of their total weight.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bombload¹

bomb + load

Example Sentences

Speed, 530 m.p.h.; range, unknown; bombload, 6,500 Ibs.; armament, two nose-mounted 30-mm. cannon, two 20-mm. cannon in the tail.

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Speed, about 600 m.p.h.; range, around 2,000 miles; bombload, unknown, but a Red navy version has been fitted to carry a torpedo.

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Speed, about 400 m.p.h.; range, 4,000-5,000 miles; bombload, 10,000 Ibs.; armament, 10-20-mm. cannon in four turrets.

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Hardly an hour passed without a bombload falling on the Communists.

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En route, two of the $8,000,000 planes collided while refueling off the Philippines, and over the target area another plane was unable to release its bombload because of a mechanical failure.

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