What is the meaning of Nacelle?

  1. The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.
  2. A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.
  3. The cockpit of an aircraft.

The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.

A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.

The cockpit of an aircraft.

  1. A hollow boat-shaped structure.
  2. An enclosure housing machinery or a motor.
  3. The part between the rotor and tower of a wind turbine.
  4. The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH-hulled boat.
  5. A streamlined enclosure on the body or dashboard of a motor vehicle.

A hollow boat-shaped structure.

An enclosure housing machinery or a motor.

The part between the rotor and tower of a wind turbine.

The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH-hulled boat.

A streamlined enclosure on the body or dashboard of a motor vehicle.

skiff

gondola (of hot-air balloon etc.)

pod (of spacecraft)

cradle

Source: wiktionary.org