hang-glider

A form of hang glider — An unpowered aircraft resembling a large kite from which a rider is suspended in a harness.

Meanings

nounhang-glider (plural hang-gliders)

plural hang-gliders

  1. alternativeAlternative form of hang glider.

    When the wind is in the right direction, hang-gliders launch themselves giddily into space from the precipitous bank.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 102
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