nacelle

noun8

1. •
   A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.
2. •
   An enclosure housing machinery or a motor.
3. •
   The part between the rotor and tower of a wind turbine.
4. •
   A streamlined enclosure on the body or dashboard of a motor vehicle.
5. •
   The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.
6. •
   A hollow boat-shaped structure.
7. •
   The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH-hulled boat.
8. •
   (no longer used) The cockpit of an aircraft.