verb
land on the underside without the landing gear
• Topics: ↑air travel, ↑aviation, ↑air
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\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ intransitive verb : to land an airplane without use of landing gear
• belly landing noun
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/bel"ee land'/, Aeron.
v.t.
1. (of an aviator) to land (an aircraft) directly on the fuselage, as because of defective landing gear.
v.i.
2. (of an aircraft) to land directly on the fuselage, without using the landing gear.
[1940-45]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.