empennage

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empennage

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Borrowed from French empennage (“feathers of an arrow”).

noun empennages

The tail assembly of an aircraft.
The feathers of an arrow or the tail fins of a bomb or rocket used to stabilize the longitudinal axis of the projectile parallel to the flight path.

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"empennage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/empennage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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empennage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/empennage

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"empennage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/empennage.

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@misc{empennage_2026,
  title = {empennage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/empennage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}