airscrew

[ air-skroo ]

/ ˈɛərˌskru /

noun British.

an airplane propeller.

Words nearby airscrew

airplay, airport, airport code, airproof, airs, airscrew, airshed, airship, airshow, airsick, airsickness

Origin of airscrew

First recorded in 1890–95; air¹ + screw

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for airscrew

(p. 103) A later difficulty caused by the forward position of the airscrew had nothing to do with flying.
The War in the Air; Vol. 1|Walter Raleigh.
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.
The motive power was supplied by twisted strands of rubber which, as they untwisted, turned the airscrew.
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

A good illustration of this may be found in the question of the airscrew.
The War in the Air; Vol. 1|Walter Raleigh.

British Dictionary definitions for airscrew

airscrew

/ (ˈɛəˌskruː) /

noun

British an aircraft propeller

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012