airshoots

Noun

airshoot (plural airshoots)

1. (rare) A shot at something that is in the air, or a shot in midair.
   • The impressive results: naval gunfire support qualification achieved an 86.3 average, scoring 100 in two surface gunnery shoots , and a 95 grade for an airshoot.1984, Surface Warfare - Volume 9, Issue 2, page 27
2. A channel for providing ventilation.
   • Each transformer has a sheet-iron case, connected to an airshoot which discharges the warm air outside the building.1914, The Electrical Review - Volume 74, page 764
3. A filiform shoot of a water plant that floats on the surface of the water and contains bract-like organs.
   • At the end of the vegetation period not only the flower-bearing airshoot, but also smaller or greater parts of the purely vegetative stems die away.1933, Gunnar Seidenfaden, Paul Emil Elliot Gelting, Thorvald Julius Sørensen, The Vascular Plants of Northeast Greenland from 74 ̊30' to 79 ̊00' N. Lat. and a Summary of All Species Found in East...
4. A root-like structure that runs along the surface of the ground, putting down roots at a distance as a form of propagation.
   • As soon as the airshoots appear they should be hoed, and if the hoeing is continued so as to check the airshoots, the weed may ultimately be destroyed.1914, Robert Patrick Wright, The Standard Cyclopedia of Modern Agriculture and Rural Economy, page 126