hovercraft
A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.
Noun
- A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.
- The snapshot shows the whale parallel above the water almost as if it’s competing in belly-flop contest, doing a midair plank or floating across the bay like a hovercraft. - 2022 July 24, Morgan Krakow, “It began as a...
Synonyms: ACV air-cushion vehicle
Hypernyms: GEM ground-effect machine craft vehicle machine
Coordinate Terms: ionocraft
Origin
From hover + -craft. Originally a trademark by Saunders-Roe Limited, a British aero- and marine-engineering company.