tractor propeller
1Tractor propeller — Tractor screw Tractor screw or Tractor propeller Tractor propeller (Aviation) A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of an airplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push. Hence, {Tractor monoplane} …
2Tractor propeller — Tractor Tract or, n. [NL., from L. trahere, tractum, to draw.] 1. That which draws, or is used for drawing. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Med.) Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism. [1913 Webster] 3. a motor… …
3tractor propeller — noun : a propeller of an airplane that is placed at the forward end of its shaft and pulls on the thrust bearing instead of pushing compare pusher * * * tractor propeller, = tractor (def. 3b). (Cf. ↑tractor) …
4tractor propeller — An airscrew or propeller located in front of the engine, which pulls the airplane. It is unlike the “pusher propeller,” which is located in the rear of the wing and pushes the airplane. The tractor propeller “pulls” the airplane through the air,… …
5Tractor biplane — Tractor screw Tractor screw or Tractor propeller Tractor propeller (Aviation) A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of an airplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push. Hence, {Tractor monoplane} …
6Tractor monoplane — Tractor screw Tractor screw or Tractor propeller Tractor propeller (Aviation) A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of an airplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push. Hence, {Tractor monoplane} …
7Tractor screw — or Tractor propeller Tractor propeller (Aviation) A propeller screw placed in front of the supporting planes of an airplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push. Hence, {Tractor monoplane}, {Tractor biplane}, etc.… …
8Tractor — Tract or, n. [NL., from L. trahere, tractum, to draw.] 1. That which draws, or is used for drawing. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Med.) Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism. [1913 Webster] 3. a motor vehicle… …
9tractor airplane — Tractor Tract or, n. [NL., from L. trahere, tractum, to draw.] 1. That which draws, or is used for drawing. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Med.) Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism. [1913 Webster] 3. a motor… …
10Tractor screw — Tractor Tract or, n. [NL., from L. trahere, tractum, to draw.] 1. That which draws, or is used for drawing. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Med.) Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism. [1913 Webster] 3. a motor… …
