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air-heads

air-heads is the plural of air-head.

Meaning of air-head

Noun

air-head (plural air-heads)

  1. (archaic) A horizontal channel providing ventilation in a mine.
    • A narrow gallery, termed the air-head, is carried in the upper part of the coal, in the rib walls, along one or more of the sides. In the example here figured, it is carried all round, and the air enters at the bolt-hole e. Lateral openings, named spouts, are led from the air-head gallery into the...1839, Andrew Ure, “PITCOAL”, in A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition of Their Principles and Practice, London: Printed [by A[ndrew] Spottiswoode] for Longman...

Questions about air-heads

What is air-heads the plural of?
Air-heads is the plural of air-head.

Words near air-heads in the dictionary

  1. air-guitars
  2. air-gun
  3. air-guns
  4. air-head
  5. air-headed
  6. air-heads
  7. air-heater
  8. air-heaters
  9. air-hose
  10. air-hoses
  11. air-kiss

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