English Explanatory Dictionary

Dutch roll

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An aircraft motion consisting of an out-of-phase combination of yaw and roll, especially prominent on sweptwing aircraft.
  2. Skating repetitively to right and left on the outer edge of one's skates.

Word forms

Dutch roll Dutch rolls

Etymology

The aeronautical sense is named after the ice figure skating sense.

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