V-eight

V-eight
/vee"ayt"/, adj.
1. noting an internal-combustion engine having two opposed banks of four cylinders, each inclined so that the axes of the cylinders form a V-shaped angle as seen from the end of the engine.
n.
2. such an engine.
Also, V-8.
[1945-50]

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