quadruplane
(ˈkwɒdruːpleɪn)
Also quadri-.
[f. quadru- + plane n.3]
An aeroplane having four sets of wings, one above another.
| 1909 A. Berget Conquest of Air 141 Naturally we can make triplanes or quadriplanes, but one must not proceed too far in this direction. 1909 Times 17 Aug. 10/5 Major Baden-Powell will attempt a flight with his quadruplane. 1919 Jane's All World's Aircraft 60 a (caption) Experimental Armstrong-Whitworths.—Two of the F.K. 10 Type Quadruplanes. 1937 Times 5 Oct. 9/3 He [sc. Major Baden-Powell] made two aeroplanes, one with swivelling propellers to obtain direct lift, and the other a kind of quadruplane. |