

įirst used for boats, a true monocoque carries both tensile and compressive forces within the skin and can be recognised by the absence of a load-carrying internal frame. The word monocoque is a French term for "single shell". Monocoque ( / ˈ m ɒ n ə k ɒ k, - k oʊ k/ MON-ə-ko(h)k), also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell.

Deperdussin Monocoque, with wooden shell construction
