airscrew
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of airscrew
Example Sentences
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Location: The idle screw is located on the side of your carburetor, usually right above the airscrew.
From Time Magazine Archive
The airscrew must then act as a giant parachute.
From Time Magazine Archive
Location: The airscrew is a flathead screw that is located on the side of the carburetor.
From Time Magazine Archive
On an open frame at the tail whirled another but smaller airscrew, in a vertical plane: even the tail surfaces of the what-is-it were busy.
From Time Magazine Archive
This ship, with an airscrew driven by manpower, attained a speed of five and a half miles an hour.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
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