hangar

Etymology

Borrowed from French hangar (“shed, hangar”), from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure near a house”), from Old French hangart, *hamgart, from Old Frankish *haimgard (“fence around a group of houses”), from *haim (“home, village, hamlet”) + *gard (“yard”). Cognate with Old High German heimgart (“forum”). More at home, yard.

noun

1. A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.
   The plane taxied on over to the hangar for repairs.
   By the side of it ran an open hangar upheld by a score of rough tarred posts. 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 9
2. (obsolete) A covered shed for carriages.

verb

1. (transitive) To store (an aircraft) in a hangar.