'plane

English

Noun

'plane (plural 'planes)

1. Dated form of plane (“airplane; aeroplane”).
   • 1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 22:

     The 'plane did two hundred and forty miles in two and a half hours - the trucks had taken nine days

   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 279:

     "It was a 'plane crash."

   • 1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 246:

     Jargodin stood for a long time after the 'plane was out of sight.

Verb

'plane (third-person singular simple present 'planes, present participle 'planing, simple past and past participle 'planed)

1. Dated form of plane (“airplane; aeroplane”).
   • 1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 22:

     They 'planed over isolated oases of green timber, in each of which were plainly seen the white ashes of native fires.

Anagrams

• Alpen, Nepal, Palen, Plean, palen, panel, penal, plena