cheatline
Meanings
noun
- In civil aviation, a decorative horizontal band of color applied to both sides of an aircraft's fuselage of as part of its livery.
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Etymology
From cheat + line, because the first cheatlines aimed to "cheat the eye", making aircraft appear more streamlined.
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