HYDROPLANE


Meaning of HYDROPLANE in English

n. & v.

n. 1 a light fast motor boat designed to skim over the surface of water. 2 a finlike attachment which enables a submarine to rise and fall in water.

v.intr. 1 (of a boat) skim over the surface of water with its hull lifted. 2 = AQUAPLANE v. 2.

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.