air cylinder

American  

noun

1. a cylinder containing air, especially one equipped with a piston and used as a device for checking the recoil of a gun.

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air cylinder British  

noun

1. a cylinder containing air, esp one fitted with a piston and used for damping purposes

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Example Sentences

BCA’s air bag pack uses a compressed air cylinder and costs $500, plus another $175 for the compressed air cylinder.

From Washington Times • Jan. 24, 2015

BCA’s air bag pack uses a compressed air cylinder and costs $500, plus another $175 for compressed air cylinder.

From Washington Times • Jan. 23, 2015

A compressed air cylinder raises the rod, flips the fish toward the frying pan.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is a "skin-diver," and loves nothing better than swimming under water with mask and air cylinder.

From Time Magazine Archive

The apparatus being ready the valve upon the top of the air cylinder was opened slightly until a pressure of about 100 lbs. was indicated by the gage.

From Development of the Phonograph at Alexander Graham Bell's Volta Laboratory Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, United States National Museum Bulletin 218, Paper 5, (pages 69-79) by Newville, Leslie J.