hangar
n. countablen. a very large building used for keeping or repairing aircraft. You usually find these at airports or military bases.
n. a large, shed-like structure designed to house aircraft for storage, maintenance, or protection from the elements.
The mechanic moved the small plane into the hangar for repairs.
The airline built a massive new hangar to accommodate its growing fleet of long-haul jets.
As the storm intensified, ground crews worked frantically to secure the remaining light aircraft inside the reinforced hangar before the winds reached hurricane force.
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.