aviette

English

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• evitate