sub-cloud car

English

Alternative forms
  • subcloud car, sub cloud car

Noun

sub-cloud car (plural sub-cloud cars)

  1. A lookout found on airships: a capsule slung underneath an airship, reeled out below the cloud deck to navigate by landform when the airship itself is enveloped in clouds or flying above clouds.

See also
  • crow's nest
  • navigation bridge
  • wing bridge
  • navigation dome
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