hangar
verb
- to keep an aircraft in a hangar
noun
- closed structure to hold aircraft or spacecraft in protective storage
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋ.əː/ / [ˈhæŋ.əː] / /ˈhæŋ.ɚ/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French hangar (“shed, hangar”), from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure near a house”), from Old French hangart, *hamgart, from Old Frankish *haimgard (“fence around a group of houses”), from *haim (“home, village, hamlet”) + *gard (“yard”). Cognate with Old High German heimgart (“forum”). More at home, yard.
- A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
“The plane taxied on over to the hangar for repairs.”
“By the side of it ran an open hangar upheld by a score of rough tarred posts.”
- A covered shed for carriages.
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from French hangar (“shed, hangar”), from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure near a house”), from Old French hangart, *hamgart, from Old Frankish *haimgard (“fence around a group of houses”), from *haim (“home, village, hamlet”) + *gard (“yard”). Cognate with Old High German heimgart (“forum”). More at home, yard.
- To store (an aircraft) in a hangar.