English Dictionary

droop snoot

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌdɹuːp ˈsnuːt/

名詞

古風

An aeroplane nose which tends to lower or which can be lowered. / (dated) A leading edge of an airfoil which can move as a unit to adjust camber.

日本語の意味

飛行機の、下向きに傾斜する、または下げることができる機首部分 / （古い用法）一体となって動くことにより翼のカンバー（曲率）を調整できる、翼の前縁部分

The test pilot inspected the droop snoot before the demonstration to ensure it would lower smoothly during landing.

テストパイロットは、着陸時に滑らかに下がることを確認するために、デモの前に下がりやすい機首を点検した。

意味（1）

An aeroplane nose which tends to lower or which can be lowered.

ln normal flight, the droop snoot is straightened out as in normal aircraft. The American built XB-70 plane also had such a droop snoot for this same reason.

意味（2）

(dated) A leading edge of an airfoil which can move as a unit to adjust camber.

[…] insufficient data have been gathered so far to establish how much of the good low speed characteristics are due to the droop snoot and how much are due to the regular flap.

droop snoots （ plural ）