air-line
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of air-line
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Example Sentences
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They dread his competition in securing Government contracts, but would be delighted to see him use his unique experience in air transportation in an experimental air-line venture here.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is an "air-line" road, and so perfect that the traveller finds few places where the rails do not meet on either side of him in the horizon.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various
He reached, on June 22d, Unyanyembe, after a devious journey of five hundred and twenty miles to cover an air-line distance of one hundred and fifty.
From Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus W.
One of these new roads, the St. Paul and Chicago, nearly an air-line, is already done as far as Red Wing.
From Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants. by Bill, Ledyard
Battery No. 1, on the main-land, called the Redan, armed with six guns, was three thousand yards in an air-line above the point of the island.
From From Fort Henry to Corinth by Force, M. F. (Manning Ferguson)
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