[nəˈsɛl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a streamlined casing on the outside of an aircraft or motor vehicle, especially one housing an aircraft engine
(e.g: a grey aircraft with NAVY painted on the engine nacelles)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century (originally denoting the basket of a balloon or car of an airship): from French, from late Latin navicella, diminutive of Latin navis ‘ship’