WHITTLE


Meaning of WHITTLE in English

(1907–96)

an English engineer, best known for inventing the jet engine, the type of engine now used in most aircraft, which gives forward movement by releasing a stream of gases at high speed behind it. He was made a knight in 1948.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.