air-bound

American  

[air-bound] / ˈɛərˌbaʊnd /

adjective

1. stopped up by air.

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Etymology

Origin of air-bound

First recorded in 1910–15; air ¹ + -bound ¹

Example Sentences

She was an air-bound blur of black, her mouth wide open, joy in her eyes.

From New York Times

Ultrasound promises to move interaction from the flat and physical to the three dimensional and air-bound.

From Reuters

And for all its careful avoidance of the tropes of the spectacle, it also manages to achieve an eye-popping amount of bravura theatricality, replete with song, rich movement and, in one gut-wrenching moment, an air-bound re-creation of the most awful moment of combat.

From Chicago Tribune

Today's air-bound business travelers may actually be safer.

From Forbes

The space pilot will urinate into a "P-pipe" like those in air-bound military planes today.

From Time Magazine Archive