nacelle
Example Sentences
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Vestas currently operates two factories in Poland, an onshore blade plant that it recently acquired, and an offshore nacelle assembly facility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
As the San Diego-bound flight lifted off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the covers on both sides of the left engine pod — called a nacelle — came loose.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
The nacelle capacity is expected to reach 100 per year, enough for 50 planes, the reports said, though no target date was stated.
From Reuters ● Sep. 27, 2021
Technicians would install a nacelle near the top, where the monument tapers to a pyramidal point.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2015
They found the alley-way thick with smoke, for on the well-known principle that "the wind follows the ship" the draught was carrying the fumes within the nacelle in a forward direction.
From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
