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[Jean-Joseph Cote]

>>xerclod - n. - A trapezoidal piece of spruce or hard balsa on the pod
>>section of a model rocket boost-glider that serves as a hook for
>>attaching the glider section.  [back-formation from the label "piece X"
>>found on early plan diagrams]
>
>I couldn't find this in the dictionary or on the Web, except on Jed's
site.
>Did someone sebaggle us?

I was the one who put that word up.  It's real (as is the etymology
listed), although it's used in such a specialized (and recent) field that
it's not surprising that it wouldn't show up in any dictionary.  As I
stated at the time, I'm sure I could find it in a glossary somewhere. 
And any heavy-duty competitive model rocketeer would know it.  I'm
pleased that it actually did show up in a web search.

Jean-Joseph