Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tailplane

1 sense of tailplane

Sense 1
horizontal stabilizer, horizontal stabiliser, tailplane -- (the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged)
       => airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface -- (a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight)