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thach weave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
thach weave
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tactic in aerial combat of the World War II era, where two aircraft on patrol fly a parallel course, and if attacked, overlap their flight paths repeatedly, enabling each to protect the other.

Etymology

From Thach + weave. Named after WWII U.S. naval aviator John S. Thach, who invented the manoeuvre.

Inflected Forms

Thach weaves (plural)

Questions

What does thach weave mean?
A tactic in aerial combat of the World War II era, where two aircraft on patrol fly a parallel course, and if attacked, overlap their flight paths repeatedly, enabling each to protect the other.
Where does thach weave come from?
From Thach + weave. Named after WWII U.S. naval aviator John S. Thach, who invented the manoeuvre.

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