airscrew

[ air-skroo ]

nounBritish.
  1. an airplane propeller.

Origin of airscrew

1
First recorded in 1890–95; air1 + screw

Words Nearby airscrew

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How to use airscrew in a sentence

  • 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
  1. British an aircraft propeller

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