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noun Aeronautics.
- the complete central structure to which the wing, tail surfaces, and engines are attached on an airplane.
noun
- the main body of an aircraft, excluding the wings, tailplane, and fin
1909, from French fuselage, from fuselé “spindle-shaped,” from Old French *fus “spindle,” from Latin fusus “spindle” (see fuse (n.)). So called from its shape.