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Glider   /glˈaɪdər/   Listen
Glider

noun
1.
Aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces.  Synonym: sailplane.



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"Glider" Quotes from Famous Books



... from Earthquake Island. He solved the secret of the diamond makers, and, though he lost a fine balloon in the caves of ice, he soon had another air craft—a regular sky-racer. His electric rifle saved a party from the red pygmies in Elephant Land, and in his air glider he found the platinum treasure. With his wizard camera, Tom took wonderful moving pictures, and in the volume immediately preceding this present one, called "Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight," I had the pleasure of telling you how the lad captured ...
— Tom Swift and his Giant Cannon - or, The Longest Shots on Record • Victor Appleton

... sat on her front porch. "Any luck?" she asked, as he came up to sit on the glider near ...
— The Mighty Dead • William Campbell Gault



Words linked to "Glider" :   hang glider, glide, sailplane, heavier-than-air craft



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