Definitions for: Nacelle

[n] a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine

Webster (1913) Definition: Na*celle", n. [F.]
1. A small boat. [Obs.]

2. The basket suspended from a balloon; hence, the framework
forming the body of a dirigible balloon, and containing
the machinery, passengers, etc.

3. A boatlike, inclosed body of an a["e]roplane.

See Also: enclosure