Associations to the word «Canard»

Wiktionary

CANARD, noun. A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
CANARD, noun. (aeronautics) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.
CANARD, noun. (transport) (engineering) Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization.

Dictionary definition

CANARD, noun. A deliberately misleading fabrication.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope