airlandv.

Brit.

/ˈɛːland/, U.S.

/ˈɛrˌlænd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, land v.

Etymology: < air n.¹ + land v., after air landing n., airlanding adj., airlanded adj., and German luftlanden (1940 or earlier in the compound Luftlandetruppen (plural noun): see airlanding adj.).

Military.

transitive. To transport (troops, equipment, etc.) to the field by aircraft.

ΚΠ

1941 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 24 May 8/6 On their side the Nazis had air-landed mortars, machine guns and tommy guns, but no tanks.

1954 Lowell (Mass.) Sunday Sun 7 Feb. v. 12/6 The 37th Infantry division will be airlanded in the same area in a reinforcement role.

1959 Times 7 Oct. 7/5 Two of its battalion groups being parachuted with their equipment and the third air-landed.

2001 Daily Mail (Nexis) 11 Oct. 4 With resistance stifled, the first wave of paras would be parachuted or airlanded in.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	airland
释义	airlandv. Brit. /ˈɛːland/, U.S. /ˈɛrˌlænd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, land v. Etymology: < air n.¹ + land v., after air landing n., airlanding adj., airlanded adj., and German luftlanden (1940 or earlier in the compound Luftlandetruppen (plural noun): see airlanding adj.). Military. transitive. To transport (troops, equipment, etc.) to the field by aircraft. ΚΠ 1941 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 24 May 8/6 On their side the Nazis had air-landed mortars, machine guns and tommy guns, but no tanks. 1954 Lowell (Mass.) Sunday Sun 7 Feb. v. 12/6 The 37th Infantry division will be airlanded in the same area in a reinforcement role. 1959 Times 7 Oct. 7/5 Two of its battalion groups being parachuted with their equipment and the third air-landed. 2001 Daily Mail (Nexis) 11 Oct. 4 With resistance stifled, the first wave of paras would be parachuted or airlanded in. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1941
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