aviette

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aviette (plural aviettes)

  1. (historical) A heavier-than-air flying machine in which the motive power is furnished solely by the aviator.
    • 1920, Flying, volume 9, page 254:
      Making the aviette leave the ground with the ground speed attained by pedaling is as huge a task as it used to be to the early aeroplanes to leave the ground.

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