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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An engine-powered steel ship or vessel, larger than 15 meters, used for inland water transportation, and often modified in order to act as a docked restaurant or hotel.
2. 2
   Material inserted between a half-model, often of an airplane, and the wall of a wind tunnel.

Etymology

From French péniche.

Related phrases

wind tunnel

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