hangar

Definition

A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.

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.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• ""Yeah. That's only thing they're good for." "Let's do it the other way around," Juanita says. She gets up and walks off the hangar deck."