Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Biplane

Biplane , noun

[Prefix bi- + plane.]

(Aeronautics) An aeroplane with two main supporting surfaces one above the other.

Biplane , adjective

(Aeronautics) Having, or consisting of, two superposed planes, aerocurves, or the like; of or pertaining to a biplane; as, a biplane rudder.