cheatline

English

Etymology

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

Noun

cheatline (plural cheatlines)

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

Usage notes

Airlines with liveries featuring decades-old cheatline designs include American Airlines, Alitalia, and LOT Polish Airlines.

Gallery

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  The distinctive tricolor cheatline on an American Airlines Boeing 777.
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  Green cheatline on an Alitalia Airbus A321.
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  Cheatline on a LOT Boeing 737.

See also

• Eurowhite
• go-faster stripe
• logojet
• retrojet

Anagrams

• lichenate, thalience