peritrackn.
/ˈpɛrɪtrak/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌtræk/ Aeronautics.
A perimeter track around an airfield; (also) = taxiway n. at taxi n. Compounds 4.
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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > track for ground movement of aircraft
taxi strip1920
taxiway1929
taxi track1943
peritrack1978
1978 J. Gardner Dancing Dodo vi. 33 The crew jeep came down the peri-track.
1988 Autosport 29 Sept. 63/2 They introduced left- as well as right-hand corners and bends of varying severity by using the peritrack but diverting up the runways to their intersection.
2001 Lloyd's List (Nexis) 13 June 19 A new £1.2m parallel taxiway was opened 2000 and the old wartime ‘peri-track’ was closed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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