HYDROFOIL


Meaning of HYDROFOIL in English

■ noun a boat fitted underneath with shaped vanes (foils) which lift the hull clear of the water at speed.

↘each of the foils of a ~.

Origin

1920s: from hydro- , on the pattern of aerofoil .

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