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Definition of Chandelle

1. Noun. A flight maneuver consisting of a steep climbing turn executed to gain altitude while changing direction.

2. Verb. Climb suddenly and steeply. "The airplane chandelled"

Definition of Chandelle

1. [v -DELLED, -DELLING, -DELLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chandelle

chancre redux chancres chancriform chancriform syndrome chancroidal chancroids chancrous chancy chandelier chandelier sign

chandeliered chandelierlike chandeliers chandelle (current term) chandelled chandelles chandelling chandleries chandlering chandlerly

chandlers chandlery chandoo chandries chandry chanfrin chanfrins chanfron

Literary usage of Chandelle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"Cette chandelle éclaire bien, this candle gives a good light. Elle est jolie à ¡a chandelle, she is pretty by candle-light. ..."

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