horizontal tail

English Thesaurus

1. the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	stabilizer,
definition	:	airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft (noun.artifact)

part holonym	:	elevator,
definition	:	the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend (noun.artifact)

part holonym	:	horizontal stabiliser, horizontal stabilizer, tailplane,
definition	:	the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	empennage, tail, tail assembly,
definition	:	the rear part of an aircraft (noun.artifact)