aileron (aleron)

[F., dim. of aile, wing: see ailette.] Same as ailette. ailette (a-let'), n. [F., dim. of aile, a wing, IMG:content-0444.png:[ocr errors] tect the shoulders of a manat-arms, before the introduction of plate-armor for the ou body. Ailettes were sometimes charged with heraldic bearings. Also aislette and aileron. ailing (a'ling), n. [Verbal n. position. of aill, v.] Sickne , indis ailing (a'ling), p. a. Not well; indisposed. there sort of puny sickly reputation, that is always ailing, yet will outlive the robuster characters of a hundred prudes. Sheridan, School for Scandal, i. 1. My mother had long been ailing , and not able to eat much. R. D. Black more , Lorna Doone, p. 41. = Syn. Unwell , etc. See sick . bearings, middle of 13th Ailette with armorial century. (From Violletle-Duc's "Dict. du Mobilier français.")