- sailplane⇄noun a lightweight glider with especially long wings to take advantage of rising air currents so as to remain aloft, as distinguished from a heavy glider, designed to be towed by a powered aircraft; soaring plane.
Ex. Sailplanes are of course desi - sailplane⇄sailplane, noun, verb, -planed,-planing.
- sailplane⇄v.i. to fly in a sailplane.