airline
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often airlines . a company that owns or operates such a system.
a direct line; beeline.
an airhose used to pipe air to a deep-sea diver, pneumatic drill, etc.
of or on an airline.
Origin of airline
1Other definitions for air-line (2 of 2)
straight; direct; traveling a direct route: Some railroads advertise air-line routes between stations.
Origin of air-line
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How to use airline in a sentence
It was known, in advance, by the combination, that the working up of the corner in Muscogee Air Line would be a long operation.
Sevenoaks | J. G. HollandThe corner in Muscogee Air Line, was as evasive as a huckleberry in a mouth bereft of its armament.
Sevenoaks | J. G. HollandThey had been twelve hours on the wing and had covered a distance which, by air line, measured more than five hundred miles.
Motor Matt's Peril, or, Cast Away in the Bahamas | Stanley R. MatthewsDistances are in kilometers; all are map (air line) distances, unless otherwise indicated.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico | William E. DuellmanThe Seaboard Air Line, therefore, when it gave to this little switching road for a twenty-mile haul, about forty per cent.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
British Dictionary definitions for airline
/ (ˈɛəˌlaɪn) /
a system or organization that provides scheduled flights for passengers or cargo
(as modifier): an airline pilot
a hose or tube carrying air under pressure
mainly US a beeline
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