sub-cloud car

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounsub-cloud car (plural sub-cloud cars)

plural sub-cloud cars · alternative subcloud car · alternative sub cloud car

  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.
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Chicago

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