airscrew

[ air-skroo ]

/ ˈɛərˌskru /

an airplane propeller.

Origin of airscrew

First recorded in 1890–95; air¹ + screw

(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.

airscrew

/ (ˈɛəˌskruː) /

British an aircraft propeller