airscrew

[ air-skroo ]

noun

, British.

1. an airplane propeller.

airscrew

/ ˈɛəˌskruː /

noun

1. an aircraft propeller

Word History and Origins

Origin of airscrew¹

First recorded in 1890–95; air ¹ + screw

Example Sentences

The Fokkers late in 1915 had been fitted with guns which fired through the airscrew.

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In all but a few types of machine the airscrew is now retained in the forward position.

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The machine gun soon followed, but its use in tractor machines was impracticable on account of the danger of hitting the airscrew.

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Verkan Vall read of a Fourth Level aviator, in his little airscrew-drive craft, sighting nine high-flying saucerlike objects.

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On this scale he was successful with a machine driven by an airscrew and with a machine driven by the flapping of wings.

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