fuselage

/ˈfjusəˌlɑʤ/

Other forms: fuselages

The main part of an airplane — the part in which you sit as a passenger — is called the fuselage. Your luggage rides in the fuselage, too.

The word fuselage comes from the Latin fusus, or "spindle," which describes the tube shape of the central part of an airplane. Wings, tails, engines — these are all extra parts of the plane that attach to the fuselage. Different kinds of airplanes have different types of fuselages, depending on how fast they need to travel and what they carry, but a fuselage is always hollow and always has a cockpit at the front.

Definitions of fuselage

1. noun

   the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
   type of:

   body

   the external structure of a vehicle