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ˈair-lift
[lift n.2.]
1. [air- II.] A pumping device operated by compressed air.
1893Patent Specif. No. 22372 My process..I term the ‘air lift’ process. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 776/1 The object attained by the air-lift is precisely the same as that attained by putting a pump some distance down a bore-hole. 1917Proc. Inst. Mech. Engin. 628 In an air-lift pump in operation the air-bubbles are rising through a mixture of variable density.
2. [air- III.] Transportation of supplies or troops by air, esp. during a state of emergency. Also as v. trans., hence ˈairlifted ppl. a., ˈairlifting vbl. n.
1945Life 17 Dec. 112/2 General Ho Ying-chin used the American air lift to pass four crack American-equipped..armies over the heads of the Communists into Shanghai. 1948News Chron. 20 Sept. 1/1 This is the first British plane to crash on the air lift, which began in June. 1949Baltimore Sun 5 Jan. 7/1 The Soviet-licensed newspaper National Zeitung today accused British and American officers of shunting more than 8,000 tons of airlifted coal into the black market of fuel-short Berlin. Ibid. 2 July 1/1 It may lead to the airlifting of other highly perishable fruits and vegetables. 1952in Amer. Speech (1953) XXVIII. 50 Thus whirlybirds airlifted almost 11,000 troops to safety. 1957Ann. Reg. 1956 77 The infantry battalion which had been air-lifted from Calgary to Halifax in readiness for transfer to Egypt. 1958Oxf. Mail 19 July 1/2 The United States today began a massive oil airlift to save Jordan from oil starvation. 1960Guardian 20 July 1/4 The United States had sent support in the airlifting of United Nations troops. |