chan|delle

chan|delle
chan|delle «shahn DEHL», noun, verb, -delled, -dell|ing.
–n.
an abrupt climbing turn in which an airplane is propelled by its own momentum nearly to the point of stalling.
–v.i.
to perform such a turn.
[< French chandelle (literally) candle; a vertical support or movement]

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