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hang-glider

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Definition of hang-glider

noun

  • an unpowered flying apparatus for a single person, consisting of a frame with a fabric aerofoil stretched over it. The operator is suspended from a harness below and controls flight by body movement.
  • a person flying a hang-glider.

Derivatives

hang-glide

verb

hang-gliding

noun

hang-glider in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of hang-glider in the US English dictionary