Launcher

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  launcher \launcher\ n.
     1. a device capable of launching a rocket.
  
     Syn: rocket launcher.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. A device which launches aircraft from an aircraft carrier;
        -- it provides additional velocity to the airplane, to
        supplement that from the airplane's engines, so that the
        airplane rapidly achieves a velocity sufficient to sustain
        it in flight when taking off.
  
     Syn: catapult.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  launcher
       n 1: armament in the form of a device capable of launching a
            rocket [syn: {rocket launcher}]
       2: a device that launches aircraft from a warship [syn: {catapult}]