volplane

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: vol=plane

CIDE DICTIONARY

volplane, v. i. [F. vol plané act of volplaning; vol flight + plané, p.p.; cf. planer to hover.].

 To glide in a flying machine.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

volplane, n. & v. Aeron.
--n. a glide.
--v.intr. glide.

Etymology

F vol plan{eacute} f. vol flight + plan{eacute} past part. of planer hover, rel. to PLANE(1)

THESAURUS

volplane

acrobatics, aerobatics, aeroplane, airlift, airplane, balloon, banking, be airborne, chandelle, crabbing, cruise, dive, diving, drift, ferry, fishtailing, flit, fly, glide, hop, hover, hydroplane, jet, navigate, nose dive, power dive, pull-up, pullout, pushdown, rolling, sail, sailplane, seaplane, sideslip, soar, spiral, stall, stunting, tactical maneuvers, take the air, take wing, wing, zoom