an unpowered aircraft consisting of a large cloth wing stretched over a light framework from which the pilot hangs in a harness, using a horizontal bar to control the flight
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ˈhang ˌglider, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a large, kite-like device, from which a person is suspended, that glides through the air.
hang′ glid′er,
- Sport, Aeronauticsa kitelike glider consisting of a
V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- 1925–30
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