sub-cloud car

English

Alternative forms

• subcloud car, sub cloud car

Noun

sub-cloud car (plural sub-cloud cars)

1. A lookout found on airships: a capsule slung underneath an airship, reeled out below the cloud deck to navigate by landform when the airship itself is enveloped in clouds or flying above clouds.

See also

• crow's nest
• navigation bridge
• wing bridge
• navigation dome