airscrew

The Fokkers late in 1915 had been fitted with guns which fired through the airscrew.
The War in the Air; Vol. 1|Walter Raleigh.
In all but a few types of machine the airscrew is now retained in the forward position.
The War in the Air; Vol. 1|Walter Raleigh.
The machine gun soon followed, but its use in tractor machines was impracticable on account of the danger of hitting the airscrew.
Aviation in Peace and War|Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes
Verkan Vall read of a Fourth Level aviator, in his little airscrew-drive craft, sighting nine high-flying saucerlike objects.
Police Operation|H. Beam Piper

On this scale he was successful with a machine driven by an airscrew and with a machine driven by the flapping of wings.
The War in the Air; Vol. 1|Walter Raleigh.

British Dictionary definitions for airscrew

airscrew

/ (ˈɛəˌskruː) /

noun

British an aircraft propeller

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