NOUN
- one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
- a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane
How To Use tailfin In A Sentence
- The creature was covered from mouth to tailfin in thick, bristly hairs.
- The only break in the smoothness of the wing's design was the fragmented stump at the back, which may have been a tailfin before the plane crashed.
- Via Warren Ellis, uma ideia fascinante: A kind of flying Hawaii, or anti-gravitational Micronesia, with tanned deck-hands leaping across aerodynamic tailfins to the soundtrack of ceaseless enginery, the helicopter archipelago would act as an escape hatch from traditional, nation-state sovereignty. Leituras
- First class is remarkable, whatever colour the tailfin. Times, Sunday Times
- Is there a way back for the red, white and blue tailfin? Times, Sunday Times
- Is there a way back for the red, white and blue tailfin? Times, Sunday Times
- Unfortunately, the banner got entangled in the plane's tailfin and it crashed. Times, Sunday Times
- It has a very deep, narrow body with a forked tailfin and is very slimy.
- When it came to removing the flag from the tailfin, it underestimated patriotism. Times, Sunday Times
- Plane-spotters will notice little outward design difference, bar shoulder pads at the tailfin, where fuel tanks gain extra range. Times, Sunday Times