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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) nacelle
the enclosed part of an airplane, dirigible, etc., in which the engine is housed or in which cargo or passengers are carried.

2. nacelle
the car of a balloon.

Etymology: (1475–85; < F: a small boat < LL nāvicella, for L nāvicula, der. of nāvi(s) ship (see nave¹); cf. -elle)

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1. (noun) nacelle
a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine

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