English Explanatory Dictionary

peniche

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An engine-powered steel ship or vessel, larger than 15 meters, used for inland water transportation, and often modified in order to act as a docked restaurant or hotel.
  2. Material inserted between a half-model, often of an airplane, and the wall of a wind tunnel.

Word forms

peniche peniches

Etymology

From French péniche.

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