WHIPSTALL


Meaning of WHIPSTALL in English

/hwip"stawl', wip"-/ , Aeron.

n.

1. a stall during a vertical climb in which the nose of the airplane falls forward and downward in a whiplike movement.

v.t.

2. to cause (an aircraft) to undergo whipstall.

v.i.

3. (of an aircraft) to undergo whipstall.

[ 1920-25; WHIP + STALL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .