sub-cloud car

noun

sub-cloud car

noun
1

A lookout found on airships: a capsule slung underneath an airship, reeled out below the cloud deck to navigate by landform when the airship itself is enveloped in clouds or flying above clouds.

Related terms
crow's nest, navigation bridge, wing bridge, navigation dome

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