cloche

(definition) by Webster 1913 Mon Jan 23 2006 at 14:35:14

Cloche (?), n. [F., prop., bell.] (Aëronautics)

An apparatus used in controlling certain kinds of aëroplanes, and consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bellshaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing- warping devices, elevator planes, and the like.

 

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