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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   In civil aviation, a decorative horizontal band of color applied to both sides of an aircraft's fuselage of as part of its livery.

Etymology

From cheat + line, because the first cheatlines aimed to "cheat the eye", making aircraft appear more streamlined.

Related phrases

go faster stripe

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