noun
- a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
- a porch swing made of an upholstered seat suspended from a steel framework by links or springs.
- a person or thing that glides.
- a person who pilots a glider.
noun
- an aircraft capable of gliding and soaring in air currents without the use of an engineSee also sailplane
- a person or thing that glides
- another name for flying phalanger
mid-15c., “person or thing that glides,” agent noun from glide. Meaning “motorless airplane” is c.1897.