/mon"euh kohk', -kok'/ , n.
1. a type of boat, aircraft, or rocket construction in which the shell carries most of the stresses.
2. Auto. a type of vehicular construction in which the body is combined with the chassis as a single unit.
adj.
3. of, pertaining to, or being a monocoque.
[ 1910-15; mono- MONO- + coque shell, eggshell (of uncert. orig.) ]