Definitions for: Fuselage

[n] the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)

Webster (1913) Definition: Fu"se*lage, n. (A["e]ronautics)
An elongated body or frame of an a["e]roplane or flying
machine; sometimes, erroneously, any kind of frame or body.
Many a["e]roplanes have no fuselage, properly so called.

See Also: aeroplane, airplane, body, empennage, plane, porthole, tail, tail assembly