Home › Words › S › swingtailswingtailswingtail means A hinged tail section on an airplane that can open up, providing access to the interior of the fuselage.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, swingtail ranks #29,383 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom swing + tail.nounA hinged tail section on an airplane that can open up, providing access to the interior of the fuselage.e.g.“During the flight to California to deliver the first swingtail to Flying Tiger Lines, Coe cruised at 12,000 to 16,000 feet, indicating 278 knots for a true airspeed of 398 mph.” — 1961 October, Richard B. Weeghm, “Aviation Fuel”, in Flying Magazine, volume 69, number 4, page 107:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).